THERMAL READING OF TEXTS BURIED IN HISTORICAL BOOKBINDINGS

Thermal Reading of Texts Buried in Historical Bookbindings

In the manufacture of ancient books, it was quite common to insert written scraps belonging to earlier library material into bookbindings.For scholars like codicologists and paleographers, it is extremely important to have the possibility of reading the text lying on such scraps without dismantling the book.In this regard, in this paper, we report

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Field evaluation of thermal and acoustical comfort in eight North-American buildings using embedded radiant systems

We performed a post-occupancy assessment based on 500 occupant surveys in eight buildings using embedded radiant heating and cooling systems.This study follows-up on a quantitative assessment of 60 office buildings that found radiant and all-air buildings have comparable temperature and acoustic satisfaction with a tendency for increased temperatur

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