Thermal Delight

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In the summer of 1902, the Sackett and Wilhelms Lithography & Printing Company in Brooklyn, New York had a problem. They were trying to print an issue of the popular humor magazine Judge, but the humidity was preventing the inks from setting properly on the pages. The moisture in the air was warping the paper and messing...

Aired January 16, 2018

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