THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
REGULATIONS REGARDING THE PUBLICATION OF PAPERS 
IN THE PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE 
SOCIETY. 
The Council beg to direct the attention of authors of communications to 
the Society to the following Regulations, which have been drawn up in 
order to accelerate the publication of the Proceedings and Transactions, 
and to utilise as widely and as fairly as possible the funds which the 
Society devotes to the publication of Scientific and Literary Researches. 
1. Manuscript of Papers. — As soon as any paper has been passed 
for publication, either in its original or in any altered form, and has been 
made ready for publication by the author, it is sent to the printer. 
2. Method of Publication. — As soon as the final revise of a Trans- 
actions paper has been returned, or as soon as the sheet in which the last 
part of a Proceedings paper appears is ready for press, a certain number 
of separate copies or reprints, in covers bearing the title of the paper and 
the name of the author, are printed off and placed on sale. The date of 
such separate publication will be printed on each paper. 
3. Additions to a Paper after it has been finally handed in for 
publication, if accepted by the Council, will be treated and dated as 
separate communications, and may, or may not, be printed immediately 
after the original paper, 
4. Brief Abstracts of Transactions Papers will be published in 
the Proceedings, provided they are sent along with the original paper. 
5. Special Discussion of Papers accepted for Publication. — 
Where a paper has been accepted for publication, the Council may, with 
the consent of the author, select this paper for Special Discussion. In the 
case of such papers advanced proofs will be sent to the members of the 
Society desiring copies, and copies will be supplied to the author for dis- 
tribution. A paper selected for Special Discussion will be marked with an 
asterisk (*) and placed first on the Billet for the day of reading. Any 
following papers for that day may be adjourned or held as read if the 
discussion prevents their being read. 
6. Communications not submitted for Publication, such as 
Demonstrations of Experiments, Statement of Scientific Problems, etc., 
may be received by the Council, and may also be selected for Special 
Discussion. The Council does not undertake to publish any notice of such 
communications in the Proceedings or Transactions of the Society. 
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