Btukfyl

I have a document with a few different figures embedded. The code for each embed is identical, but the placement of each code block is different (sometime we enter the figure environment near the beginning of the document, and sometimes near the end).

begin{figure}[h]

  centering

  includegraphics[width=linewidth]{sample_image}

   caption{10}

  Description{blah}

end{figure}

I always use the lowercase h option:

h   Place the float here, i.e., approximately at the same point

    it occurs in the source text (however, not exactly at the spot)

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t   Position at the top of the page.

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b   Position at the bottom of the page.

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p   Put on a special page for floats only.

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!   Override internal parameters LaTeX uses for determining "good" float positions.

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H   Places the float at precisely the location in the LaTeX code. 

I have done some playing around with it, and the the figures at the beginning of the document always display. The figures placed close to, but still before, the end{document} statement do not display.

I think that what is happening is that LaTeX has a basket of figures cradled in one arm. LaTeX reads down the document, until it finds a place "suitable" enough for a figure. Then, LaTeX pulls a figure out of the basket and inserts it. The problem is that LaTeX reads to the very end of all of the text while only finding suitable places for some the figures in the basket. At the end of the document, I want LaTeX to dump out any remaining figures in basket. That is, I want LaTeX to put all remaining figures at the very end. Instead, LaTeX just says, "well, we've reached the end. I don't care that I have more figures to insert; we have reached the end and I'm going home." LaTeX throws the basket of remaining figures over its shoulder, where it promptly vanishes into thin air.

How can we force all figures to be displayed, even if that means putting the figures near the end and adding additional pages?