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  1. Feb 2024
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    The Size of Thoughts: Essays and Other Lumber
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    1. chrisaldrich 14 Feb 2024
      The cards datingfrom 1911 to 1975 at the New York State Library in Albany (whereMelvil Dewey was librarian from 1889 to 1906) were thrown awaylast month as a consequence of a historical-preservation projectinvolving the building in which they were stored.

      Sad that a "historical-preservation project" resulted in the loss of such an interesting historical artifact.

      historical preservation Melvil Dewey library card catalog cards

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  3. Sep 2021
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    More Than 80 Cultures Still Speak in Whistles
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    1. chrisaldrich 02 Sep 2021

      https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/studying-whistled-languages-180978484/

      read language disappearance UNESCO preservation information theory linguistics historical linguistics orality
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