Digging Into the Science of That OldBook Smell The New ...
Nov 16, 2009· Such an electronic nose would sniff the air around old books to find those that are so fragile they should not be lent out, for example, or are otherwise in need of preservation. A version of this article appears in print on November 17, 2009, on Page D3 of the New York edition with the headline: Digging Into the Science Of That OldBook Smell.