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Main Author: Thomson, Garry.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Boston : Butterworths, in association with the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1986.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Butterworths series in conservation and museology
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245 1 4 |a The museum environment /  |c Garry Thomson. 
250 |a 2nd ed. 
260 |a London ;  |a Boston :  |b Butterworths, in association with the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works,  |c 1986. 
300 |a 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  |b illustrations (some color) ;  |c 25 cm. 
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490 1 |a Butterworths series in conservation and museology 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index. 
505 8 |a Light Part I Surface deterioration -- Light and heat energy -- The spectrum -- The basic light sources -- Colours and materials which change -- Damage caused by UV and visible radiation -- UV radiation and how to deal with it -- Measuring UV and visible radiation -- The reciprocity law -- Controlling visible radiation -- Reducing illuminance -- 50 lux -- artificial light -- Diffusion of light -- 200 lux -- daylight and artificial light -- Conservation lighting specifications -- Treatment of windows -- Angle at which light falls on exhibits -- Reducing time of exposure -- A suite of exhibition rooms -- Heat -- Control of temperaturet S -- Lighting for professional photography, television -- and restoration -- Electronic flash -- Colour rendering -- The measurement of colour -- The lighting situation and the process of seeing -- Humidity Part I The importance of humidity -- Measuring the humidity in the air -- The wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer -- Electronic hygrometers -- Non-mechanical hygrometers -- linderstanding the hygrometric chart -- Response of museum material to RH -- Best RH for moisture-containing absorbent materials -- Climate inside anld outside the museum -- Condensation and the dew point -- Humidity control -- RH control in a room -- The humidistat -- Humidifying equipment -- Dehumidifying equipment -- Room RH control: maintenance and air circulation -- Packaged air-conditioning units -- Ducted air conditioning -- RH control in a closed case -- buffers -- Silica gel in packing cases -- Exhibition cases -- The buffered case: towards a practical solution -- RH control in a closed case -- use of salts -- Mechanical RH stabilisation in cases -- Future development of exhibition case stabilisation -- RH is often a matter of compromise -- Historic buildings closed in winter and churches -- Improvisation and RH control -- Humidity control in archaeology -- Air Pollution Part I The problem -- Particulates -- Particulate concentrations today -- New concrete buildings -- Removal of particulates -- Electrostatic precipitators (electro-filters) -- Gaseous pollution -- Sulphur dioxide (SO2) -- Damage.caused by sulphur dioxide -- Glass and sulphur dioxide -- Effects of sulphur dioxide on lichens and mosses -- Ozone -- Effects of ozone -- Nitrogen oxides -- Effects of nitrogen dioxide -- Levels of ozone and nitrogen dioxide likely to be -- encountered -- Chlorides -- Pollution through storage conditions -- Removal of gaseous pollutants -- Fire extinguishers -- Sound and vibration -- Light Part II Spectral curves -- Sun and sky -- Lamps and control equipment -- Measuring UV -- Luminous efficiency and the light meter -- Some basic light units -- Visual performance -- Luminance and subjective brightness -- The Blue Wool standards -- Damage versus wavelength -- Heat radiated from light sources -- Activation energy -- The primary photochemical reaction -- Placing a colour on the CIE Chromaticity Chart -- The colour rendering calculation -- Colour rendering and the black body convention -- Choosing a fluorescent lamp -- Dimming -- Humidity Part II The standard hygrometric (psychrometric) chart -- The classical air-conditioning operation -- A museum air-conditioning system -- Control -- Heating and cooling loads -- Sensors -- External design conditions -- Dimensional changes caused by RH variation -- Outdoor climate and response of objects indoors -- Does constant RH keep dimensions unchanged at all -- temperatures? -- Effect of people on RH and temperature -- Use of the air moisture-content scale -- The closed and buffered museum case -- Hygrometric half-time -- Materials useful as buffers, . -- Penetration of oxygen and water vapour through -- plastic films -- Air Pollution Part II Plotting the size distribution of particulates -- Choice of particulate filter -- Efficiency of activated carbon filters -- Room air cleaners -- Measuring concentrations of pollutants in museums -- The fate of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere -- The formation of ozone -- Computers in environment control -- Data logging -- Future trends in environmental control -- Appendix: Summary of specifications -- References -- Index. hfbf. 
650 0 |a Museum buildings  |x Environmental engineering. 
650 0 |a Museum conservation methods. 
650 6 |a Musées (Édifices)  |x Technique de l'environnement. 
650 6 |a Musées  |x Méthodes de conservation. 
650 7 |a Museum buildings  |x Environmental engineering.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01030064 
650 7 |a Museum conservation methods.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01030068 
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650 7 |a Konservierung  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Kunstwerk  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Luftfeuchtigkeit  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Luftverschmutzung  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Museum  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Preservacao E Conservacao Museografica.  |2 larpcal 
650 7 |a Musées  |x Conservation et restauration.  |2 ram 
650 7 |a Objets d'art  |x Conservation et restauration  |x Technique.  |2 ram 
650 7 |a Muséologie.  |2 ram 
653 |a Museums  |a Stock: Art objects  |a Conservation 
653 0 |a Museums  |a Collections  |a Artefacts  |a Conservation 
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