 | William Blades - 1880 - 158 стор.
...destroyed and many others .injured. Much skill was shown in the partial restoration of these books, charred almost beyond recognition; they were carefully...heap of scorched leaves, previous to any treatment, and looking like a monster wasps'-nest, may be seen in a glass case in the MS. department of the British... | |
 | Halkett (i.e. Richard Halkatt Lord (ed.)) - 1883 - 602 стор.
...many others injured. Much skill was shown in the partial res,THK BOOKMAKT. (oration of these books, charred almost beyond recognition ; they were carefully...heap of scorched leaves, previous to any treatment and looking like a monster wasp's-nest, may be seen in a glass case in the MS. department of the British... | |
 | William Blades - 1888 - 192 стор.
...destroyed and many others injured. Much skill was shown in the partial restoration of these books, charred almost beyond recognition; they were carefully...heap of scorched leaves, previous to any treatment, and looking like a monster wasps' nest, may be seen in a glass case in the MS. department of the British... | |
 | 1890 - 506 стор.
...skill a portion was restored, though apparently charred past recognition. The remnants were can fully separated, leaf by leaf, soaked in a chemical solution, and then pressed between leaves of transparent paper. The library of Dr. Priestley was burned by the mob in the Birmingham... | |
 | 1891 - 814 стор.
...exercise of much skill a portion was restored, though apparently charred past recognition. The remnants were carefully separated, leaf by leaf, soaked in a chemical solution, and then pressed between leaves of transparent paper. The library of Dr. Priestley was burned by the mob in the Birmingham... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 стор.
...exercise of much skill a portion was restored, though apparently charred past recognition. The remnants were carefully separated, leaf by leaf, soaked in a chemical solution, and then pressed between leaves of transparent paper. The library of Dr. Priestley was burned by the mob in the Birmingham... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1892 - 1116 стор.
...exercise of much skill a portion was restored, though apparently charred past recognition. The remnants the great interest of man on earth.—WEBSTER : Speech on Mr. Then to side with Truth * between leaves of transparent paper. The library of Dr. Priestley was burned by the mob in the Birmingham... | |
 | Stephen Humphreys Villiers Gurteen - 1896 - 556 стор.
...exercise of much skill a portion was restored, though apparently charred past recognition. The remnants were carefully separated, leaf by leaf, soaked in a chemical solution, and then pressed between leaves of transparent paper. "Ignorance has cost the world priceless treasures in books and... | |
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A curious heap of scorched leaves, previous to any treatment, and looking like a monster wasps' nest, may be seen in a glass case in the MS. department of the British Museum, showing the condition to which many other volumes had been reduced. Just a hundred... 