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  • September 16, 2012 at 3:38 pm #3321 Reply
    Phidippides
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    A short but interesting video on how the National Archives removed the glass covering the fifth page of the Constitution, which had been placed there in the 1950s.[html][/html]

    September 16, 2012 at 6:30 pm #27550 Reply
    skiguy
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    That's pretty cool.  I wonder why argon.

    September 16, 2012 at 9:31 pm #27551 Reply
    Phidippides
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    It's it because it's an inert gas, and the presence of oxygen would contribute to the decay of the parchment?

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