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Chapter 2: Conservation and Curious Revolutionaries: The Peales of Philadelphia: Rubens Peale's Letter to Mrs. Morrison of Tennessee.
- Source :
- Transactions of the American Philosophical Society; 2019, Vol. 108 Issue 1, p30-40, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The article focuses on contribution in innovative collections by the Peales' family with reference to a letter. Topics discussed include chemical building block of paper that is cellulose, yellow discoloration and acids that should be removed from the paper of the letter, and test of the manuscript ink by using a fine brush that was dipped into deionized water.
- Subjects :
- COLLECTIONS
CELLULOSE
DISCOLORATION
MANUSCRIPTS
DEIONIZATION of water
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00659746
- Volume :
- 108
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137354059