. Bell telephone magazine . e have beensent. If the comments are minor,the writer can proceed at once toincorporate them in his draft. Ifmajor comments are involved, hemust hold up the revision pending theresults of a conference among thepersons concerned. In the revisionprocess, the writer usually finds thata pair of scissors and a tube of rub-ber cement are Important tools. Co-incident with the incorporation ofcomments, any changes required Inthe Illustrations are made. In revnewing the comments, thewriter sometimes finds that one com-ment may be diametrically oppositeanother In Its apparent
. Bell telephone magazine . e have beensent. If the comments are minor,the writer can proceed at once toincorporate them in his draft. Ifmajor comments are involved, hemust hold up the revision pending theresults of a conference among thepersons concerned. In the revisionprocess, the writer usually finds thata pair of scissors and a tube of rub-ber cement are Important tools. Co-incident with the incorporation ofcomments, any changes required Inthe Illustrations are made. In revnewing the comments, thewriter sometimes finds that one com-ment may be diametrically oppositeanother In Its apparent Intent. Hemust reconcile these, keeping con-stantly In mind that when the Prac-tice Is issued, it must represent thebest views of the A. T. and T. Com-pany, the Bell Telephone Labora-tories, and the Operating Companies. Accuracy also the writer must al-ways have before him. He realizesthat a transposition of digits In thecode number of a piece part maymean the difference between a very 1952 The Bell Systems Best Sellers 95. This is the group of writers borrowed from the Associated Companies—less four who were unable to be preseyit small motor and a large motor-gen-erator set. A misplaced decimalpoint in a Transmission Practicemay result in the design of a circuitwhich is inoperative. The writerknows that with the wide distributionof this material, the impact of anerror will be After all comments have been in-corporated and the copy retyped, thewriter may feel that he is ready tosubmit the revised copy for , if some of the commentswere major, he may decide to submitthe copy for further check by the in-terested persons. In such cases, fur-ther revisions may be necessary. Once approval is obtained, the re-maining work of the writer is largelythat of making sure that no errorscreep in during the reproduction proc-ess. As may be surmised, the writershave had to overcome many difficul-ties. But their efforts have resultedin an appreciable increase in the pr
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