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Just a selection of gorgeous publishers cloth bindings from @smithsonianlibraries !✨ Though the majority of these bindings are space-themed, I couldn’t resist including the one about electricity. I just love that typeface!

Publishers cloth bindings emerged in the early to mid-19th century as an alternative to more traditional bindings covered in materials like leather or vellum. As the name suggests, these bindings were supplied by the publisher– a giant leap forward compared to earlier book production, where the buyer of a book would have to take it to have it bound AFTER its purchase! As machines began to play more of a role in book production in the Industrial Revolution, publishers realized they could make their books look more uniform and visually appealing (as well as cheaper!) if they put them in a cloth “case” before they hit the shelves. These “case bindings” were not as structurally sound as binding styles of the past, but with the development of stronger textiles, many were sufficient to survive and enter libraries and collections all over the world!

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Gonna tell y’all what I can hear now that I got my hearing aids

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Birds! They chirp and it’s so beautiful.

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Far away cow moos

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My friend has this is his back yard and to say I cried is an understatement.

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My best friends singing voice

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Chickens: *chicken noise*

Me, sobbing:

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The filter for my fish tank! Bubble bubble bubble

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I sit in the bass section in band. Today I could clearly hear the flutes up at the front! They’re not great, but I can finally hear them!

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Op this is so pure and I’m happy for you

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Y'all ever just suddenly have the overwhelming urge to swim??? Like not actively but you just wanna,,, be in the water and have some Peace

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Yes it’s called the mammalian diving response and it’s also why doing face masks and taking a shower is soothing. Our amphibian ancestors used this mechanism to slow down the heartbeat and lower body temperature so as not to waste calories while swimming (which is very calorie intensive). It makes you feel safe because predators are less likely to get you in water than on land. The fish brain is alive and well in all of us.