Cuyler -

Didn't they consider that a fire hazard?

- Pam


The problem was that the old library was built with a cast iron frame, 1"
thick glass plate floors and spiral cast iron stairways.   Walking on the
glass floors with the right kind (wrong kind) of shoes you built up a
tremendous charge of static electricity.   Then, when you reached for an
armload of books on from the iron shelf units, great sparks illuminated the
dim aisles.