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LIBRARY ARCHITECTURE
placed under it at distances of about 8 inches apart. This allows two or three folios to stand between
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each division, and two to lie on the top shelf. In Fig. 22 is shown a device used at the British Museum for holding upright the heavy volumes of
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newspapers. They are small V's of sheet iron, which are screwed to the underside of the top shelf; but with these great care has to be taken in replacing the volumes, or they are liable to be damaged. Fig. 23 is an illustration of a skeleton bookcase used in the British Museum for the large folio
