Year: 1888

page_text: I EDWARD LUND of St. John's Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Surgeon do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to enable the position of any required book in a book
case or library to be ascertained very readily and without reference to a complete
library list, by the use of a series of markers made in the following way:
Each marker consists of a plate or tablet of card-board, thin wood, metal or other
suitable material upon which the names of a series of books (of the same description
or upon the same subject) may be written and to one edge of this plate or tablet or
card, is attached another and preferably smaller plate tablet or card upon which may
be written the description of the aforesaid books or the subject matter thereof, and
(in cases where books of the same description are numerous) reference letters; for
example Biography A-F.
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The tablets are held together by a flexible attachment in order that the smaller one
can lie flat upon the larger one when not in use or can be set at right angles thereto,
when the latter is placed between two books in the book case, and thus the description
or subject matter can be seen at a glance.
It will be evident that by the use of a series of such markers the approximate
position of any required book in a case or Library can be immediately ascertained
and the book can be found very readily without previous acquaintance with the
library or reference to a complete list of the works contained therein.
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1000
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I EDWARD LUND of St. John's Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Surgeon do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of my invention is to enable the position of any required book on the
shelves of a bookcase or library to be ascertained-very readily and without reference
to a complete library list or catalogue, by the use of a series of markers made and
used as hereinafter described.
The nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference to
the annexed drawings and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 on the drawings is an edge or front view, and Fig. 2 a side view of one of
my reference markers.
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Each marker consists of a plate or tablet a of cardboard or of the material called
parchment paper "thin wood, metal or other suitable material upon
which the
names of a series of books (of the same description or upon the same subject) may
be written or printed (see Fig. 2) and to one edge of this plate or tablet is attached
another and preferably smaller, plate tablet or card b upon which may be written
numbers or letters or the description of the aforesaid books or the subject matter.
thereof, and (in cases where books of the same descriptions are numerous) reference
letters; for example "History A to H" (see Fig. 1).
The tablets are held together by a flexible attachment in order that the smaller one b
can lie flat upon the larger one a when not in use (as shown at Fig. 3) or can be set
at right angles thereto when the latter is placed. between two books on the book shelf
and thus the description or subject matter and the initial or initials of the author can
be seen at a glance.
It will be evident that by the use of a series of such reference markers the
approximate position of any required book on the shelves of a book-case or library
can be immediately ascertained and the book can be found very readily without previous
acquaintance with the library, or reference to a complete list or catalogue of the works
contained therein.
In cases where economy of wall space is a greater object than ornamental appear-
ance I propose to place the books on the shelves so as to rest on their front edges
(back upwards) whereby a great saving of space is obtained, and to print impress or
write on the cut edges of the leaves at the bottom (which will then be facing the
reader.) numbers or initial letters such as will identify the book with the list written
on the reference marker.
Or where this is not considered desirable I employ a much smaller reference
marker of the same description (see Fig. 4) upon one side of the part a of which gum
or other adhesive matter has been previously placed and when this is moistened it

page_text: can be attached to the bottom margin of one of the leaves of the book and the
other flap 6 will carry the reference numbers or letters, the flap a being in this case
made sufficiently narrow not to conceal any printed matter above the margin. Or
instead of the gummed flap a this part may be made sufficiently long to extend to
about the middle of the leaf of the book (as shown at a¹ Fig. 5) in which case the
part a¹ may be made of metal ivory or other suitable substance and used as a leaf
cutter, or if made of suitable material or covered with paper or suitably enamelled
or painted, may be used for recording memoranda and for other similar purposes.
It will be evident that other systems of reference marking may be adopted with
these markers instead of the particular system above described.
The two flaps or parts a and b of the reference markers can be united together by
a strip of silk, calico, linen thin leather or other flexible material or hinged together
in any other suitable manner so that they will lie flat when not in use and can be put
at right angles to each other when required.
Or the two flaps a and b may be formed by folding a strip or strips of paper or
other suitable material substantially as shown on the diagram Fig. 6 and sticking the
contiguous folds together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is :-
The construction and use of reference markers for book cases and libraries consisting
of two plates, tablets or flaps of cardboard, parchment-paper thin wood, metal or
other suitable material, hinged together substantially in the manner and for the
purposes hereinbefore particularly set forth and illustrated by the drawings
annexed.
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1000