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Uncle Sam's New Library

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Day
24
Month
August
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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No such library as this new míe o.' Únele Sam'a was ever planned before. You must imagine, to begio with, two iron bookcasea, eadh 65 feet high, 112 feet Uní}; and 45 fcet wide. Tbey rowpr up through the building stor in uine tiers. Eacta bookoase '.vi 11 ho}d B00, UOO volumes The metal fr inunvork is inatle gri'diron faabion to pernait rhe froe passage of the atmosphere, for books ueed fresh air as muoh ;is huniiin beings, else they rot. The floors are sheets of iron. and fire could dono damage worth meutioiiing, for books wifll not burn. Tluv will only smolder ander favorable circumstances. The library has 1,800 vi::dows. Those which admit light to the great book stacks above describe are siüulo sheets of fine plate glass. Looking froin the interior courtyards, the waïls inMosing the book stacks appear to be almost veholly of glass. Thus the title on the back of every volume may be easily read. The suelves already provided will accommodate 1,500,000 books - twice as niany as are now in the library. The building has been so constructed as to afford space for other stacks. vhich may be put up at any time. and will hold 2,700,000 volumes more. A million books in addition may be accommodated in the courtyards, and there is room for more besides The librarían of cougress a century henee wil! not flni

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