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WT Sharpe · 11-15-2009, 08:16 PM

As this doesn't relate directly to eBooks, I decided to post this in the Lounge.

A research team hopes that in the future a book's history will be able to be determined non-invasively from its smell, perhaps via a hand-held sniffing device.

Discover Magazine:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80...mes-a-checkup/

Analytical Chemistry:
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ac9016049

Determining a book's age is important in planning for its long-term health, because as Wired.com noted, "Paper produced until about 1850 was made to last for millenniums," but new texts, using techniques like rosin sizing that increased the acidity of paper, don't have this longevity.

11-15-2009, 08:16 PM	#1
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Scientists plan to sniff out aging books As this doesn't relate directly to eBooks, I decided to post this in the Lounge. A research team hopes that in the future a book's history will be able to be determined non-invasively from its smell, perhaps via a hand-held sniffing device. Discover Magazine: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80...mes-a-checkup/ Analytical Chemistry: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ac9016049 Determining a book's age is important in planning for its long-term health, because as Wired.com noted, "Paper produced until about 1850 was made to last for millenniums," but new texts, using techniques like rosin sizing that increased the acidity of paper, don't have this longevity.