Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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specific gravity

The ratio of the weight of an object to the weight of an equal volume of pure water at its maximum density, which is at 4° C. Because paper, leather, cloth, etc., do not lend themselves well to measurement of specific gravity, density is used more often as the reference in describing these materials.




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