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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 15, April 8, 2001, Article 17

DON'T WORRY HONEY, ALL HOUSES DO THAT 

   Granvyl G. Hulse, Jr. writes: "I have had for years in my attic 
   the Numismatics International Library, which I have thought 
   was about the third largest lending library on books on foreign 
   coins in the U.S.  About ten years ago my late wife called me 
   into the living room - pointed at the ceiling and asked me if I 
   noticed anything wrong. Many years before a wall had been 
   taken out to increase the size of the living room area, and there 
   was a long beam stretching from the front of the house well 
   toward the back to support the second floor after the 
   supporting wall had been removed. After peering at it intently 
   for several moments I noticed that the beam had developed a 
   very noticeable bow. The weight of the books in the third floor 
   attic was affecting the whole shape of our fifteen room house 
   and the pressure on the top of the second floor had put all 
   doors out of shape, and was in the process of working its way 
   down. 

   To prevent the house from falling in on itself I had to place a 
   twelve inch square beam starting from the basement and 
   working up to that cross beam - jacking it up to straighten 
   everything out. The moral of the story is that if you buy a 
   130 year old house - put your library somewhere other 
   than the top floor." 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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