Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume VI, Number 25, 19 October 1933 — BOOK WORMS ARE GASSED [ARTICLE]

BOOK WORMS ARE GASSED

The destructive book worm, so haimlul to librarie» and private collectors, now is duoiaed to death in a gas chamber.

A method of with the pt!sts hm been developed by a Cal.ifornia libr<try whieh is in no way injurious to the book«. Volumes to be treated are plaeeel in a large airtight tank, from whkh the $ir is pumped ajid then replaced by a lethal gas, odorless and colorless.