Re:Letterlocking
by hinkley on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @01:21PM
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Some of the things we've done with old letters are fascinating.
I remember when they figured out how to use spectral analysis to 'see' the solvents that soak into paper from the ink, allowing them to read words that had flaked off due to the ink or the paper delaminating, especially at the edges of paper.
I remember when they figured out how to use spectral analysis to 'see' the solvents that soak into paper from the ink, allowing them to read words that had flaked off due to the ink or the paper delaminating, especially at the edges of paper.