Paper is not meant to support itself standing up. It tends to damage the bottom of the page. Sure it's a negligible amount of weight pushing it down, but over 50-100 years that adds up.
Paper is not meant to support itself standing up. It tends to damage the bottom of the page. Sure it's a negligible amount of weight pushing it down, but over 50-100 years that adds up.
Especially when you take into account the fact that most paper made a century or more ago was not a uniform grade from the top to the bottom of the page. It tends to be thicker and heavier in some areas than others.
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