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The book, its history and development (1907)

Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 46

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ly together. It is likely enough that this was doneseparately at first, and then the binder would have lookedat a small heap of such gatherings wondering how best tokeep them together, and it would soon occur to any con-structive mind to knot the loose ends of the threadstogether, or else to supply… … Fig. 25.—Four threadedquaternions ready to betied together. Fig. 26.—Four threadedquaternions tied on totransverse bands. fastening the sections on to such cords or threads was hitupon—a method indeed that we have never bettered, andwhich can still be found in the work of many of our bestmodern…

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