-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [Fwd: How to flatten maps] Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:50:00 +0100 From: "Cook, Andrew" <[log in to unmask]> To: "'Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum'" <[log in to unmask]> CC: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Tim Watters The last is best, but only as much weight as they will stand at first, distributed through board. It's after 100 years rolled that the process gets interesting, if the rag paper is good enough. Andrew Cook ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Andrew S Cook MA PhD FRSA FRHistS Map Archivist, India Office Records The British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB E-mail [log in to unmask] Telephone/Voicemail 020 7412 7828 Fax 020 7412 7641 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: How to flatten maps Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:50:23 -0400 From: "Tim Watters" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Hello, Any hints of the best ways to flatten rolled-up, computer-generated, census maps? I have hundreds of these maps, some of which I suspect have been rolled for over ten years. Use an iron? a humidifier? Just paperweights for a year? Thanks. Tim Watters Special Materials Cataloger Library of Michigan [log in to unmask] ************************************************************************** Coming soon to the British Library Galleries Painted Labyrinth : the world of the Lindisfarne Gospels >From 16 May to 28 September 2003 ************************************************************************* The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and notify the [log in to unmask] : The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the sender's consent. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the British Library. The British Library does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. *************************************************************************