On Books and the Housing of ThemGladstone, W. E. (William Ewart)
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On Books and the Housing of Them
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart)
Book collecting -- Great Britain; Books; Library science -- Great Britain
[Footnote 12: Note in illustration. Let us suppose a room 28 feet by 10,
and a little over 9 feet high. Divide this longitudinally for a passage
4 feet wide. Let the passage project 12 to 18 inches at each end beyond
the line of the wall. Let the passage ends be entirely given to either
window or glass door. Twenty-four pairs of trams run across the room.
On them are placed 56 bookcases, divided by the passage, reaching to
the ceiling, each 3 feet broad, 12 inches deep, and separated from its
neighbors by an interval of 2 inches, and set on small wheels, pulleys,
or rollers, to work along the trams. Strong handles on the inner side of
each bookcase to draw it out into the passage. Each of these bookcases
would hold 500 octavos; and a room of 28 feet by 10 would receive 25,000
volumes. A room of 40 feet by 20 (no great size) would receive 60,000,
It would, of course, be not properly a room, but a warehouse.]
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