Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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1. The total physical force applied to a specimen of a material when measuring a certain property, such as the compression resistance of paper, the tensile strength of leather, etc. 2. A maximum handling unit, e.g., a full platform of sheets, sections of books, etc. (17 , 256 )




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