Public libraries. A treatise on their design, construction and fittings, with a chapter on the principles of planning, and a summary of the law (1907)
Champneys, Amian Lister · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 55
SHELVING AND ACCESSORIES. 37 It is obvious that in a classified library, where books are grouped by subject and not by size and where old books are being continually replaced by new, fixed shelves would often lead to difficulties. A great many different devices in the form of ratchets and pegs have… … 1 6. Steel Bookcases (used at the Patent Office Library, London, Kingston Public Library, AND ELSEWHERE). of metal let into the wooden uprights (Fig. 15. See also Fig. 10). These clips fit closely under the shelf so that they do not damage the books beneath. I he slots are spaced at intervals of 1…
Library architecture · Library fittings and supplies
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