15
th
International Congress on Archives
Komatsu
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On the third step:
We placed documents files in a carton box and 6 volumes of documents horizontally.
On the forth step:
We place 5 files, documents tied with 2 files by string.
We put the microfilm on the center of the forth step.
Conditions of microfilms are films themselves, films in the paper box and films in the can.
4 Book Shelf B
On the upper step:
We placed 10 paperbacks vertically on the center of the step and to their right side we put
paperbacks and magazines horizontally. To the left side, we put magnetic disks, compact disks,
floppy disks, video tapes.
On the second step:
We put 30 volumes of documents to the left side and 10 volumes of booklets to the right side.
On the third step:
We placed 4 photo albums horizontally to the left side and 4 comic magazines vertically, 10
magazines horizontally. We place cassette tapes on the photo albums.
On the forth step:
We put 30 volumes of booklets and the newspapers horizontally.
5 We located the Book Shelf C to the left side by reversing its back to the front.
This Book Shelf C contains nothing.
We placed an oil pan under book shelves. We put 10 liters of kerosene for 10 minutes
combustion.
The oil pan is 1m long, 1m wide and 50cm deep.
3 Combustion Experiment in Photos:
(1)Immediately after the ignition, combustion flame covered the whole book shelf A and B.
After few seconds, the central part of the book shelf raised spiral flame and began to burn
extremely.
