Download or read book Proceedings of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society, at the Annual Meeting, January 2, 1889 (Classic Reprint) written by Winslow Lewis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-18 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society, at the Annual Meeting, January 2, 1889 But this hand-made rag paper, perishable as it has proved to be, is far more suitable for record purposes than is the modern machine made article. With that, the case is still worse. Very little paper is now manufactured entirely from rags. Most of that now in use is made wholly or partly of wood fibre. This adulteration is not due merely to the paper-makers' desire to produce cheaper goods. The enormous increase in the use of paper in modern times compels them to seek new sources of supply for raw materials. All the rags in the world would prove insufficient to enable them to meet the in cessant demand for more paper. This wood paper has been known to commerce for less than a score of years - much too short a period to enable us to determine satisfactorily how long it may be expected to last. But in all human probability it will be less able than the other to stand the test of time, and will shortly begin to crumble to pieces. Some experts maintain that the whole literature of this generation will have utterly disappeared before the end of the next century, just as if it had never been, by the decay of the paper on which it is printed. The introduction of gas has proved destructive to books in great libraries, not only in this country but also in England. And it is probable that new inventions for heating and lighting will, in the future, make no smaller demands on the strength of fabrics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.