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Absolute
of engineers
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Oxford Library
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Oxford
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the oldest
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in total
library
silence,
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remain
the library
operational
must remain operational
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being second
in Europe,
in size
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in Britain
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only
in size
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only to as the
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roof
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the British Library. First
the British
opened
Library.
to scholars
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in 1602, to it scholars throughout,
in 1602, it within throughout,
from
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from a mixture
and scaffold
of ladders
towers.
and
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scaffold
the towers. Over th
incorporated at that
incorporated
time the existing
at that
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to house
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were installed,
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and
sources
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collection of books collection
donated of
by books
its namesake,
donated Humfrey,
by its namesake,
set in place and commissioned.
set in place and
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commissioned.
their anticipated
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Duke of Gloucester. Duke
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Gloucester.
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since had a rich history,
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of 54,350
hours,
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in today’s
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and crawl through the
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ceiling voids to change
ceiling
lamps!
voids And
to change
the optical
lamps!
output
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or at
course,
heads, entirely
or course,
maintenance
remain entirely
free maintenance free
At the end of the last
At the
Century,
end of much
the last
of the
Century,
lighting
much
at the
of the heads,
lighting
the remain
forever.
forever.
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Bodleian
in the
was
most
upgraded,
difficult-to-access
in the most difficult-to-access
areas using the then
areas
cutting-edge
using the technology
then cutting-edge
of fibre technology
optic
of fibre optic
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can see
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you images,
can see not
from
only
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not only is the ceiling
lighting. These systems
lighting.
were These
specified
systems
by DPA
were
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specified
and
by DPA
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and from
beautifully
lit, picking
beautifully
up every lit,
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picking detail
up every
within
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the highest-quality the
fibre
highest-quality
optic hardware
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was optic
then hardware was
then
stunning architecture,
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but the
architecture,
bookcases are
but carefully
the bookcases
and are carefully
designed, manufactured
designed,
and manufactured
installed by Absolute
and installed by Absolute
serenely bathed in serenely
light, bringing
bathed
life in back
light, into
bringing
‘The Old
life back into ‘The Ol
Action.
Action.
Bod’.
Bod’.
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on, much
twenty
of that
years original
on, much
lighting
of that original lighting
hardware is being replaced
hardware with
is being
new replaced
lighting products
with new lighting
products
www.absolute-action.com
and components – and
with components
the notable –
exception
with the of
notable
the exception of the
fibre optic systems. fibre
Being
optic
fabricated
systems.
from
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glass
fabricated
fibre, the
from glass fibre, the
optical lighting looms
optical
are still
lighting
in absolutely
looms are perfect
still in absolutely perfect
condition.
condition.
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called Action
in again were
to upgrade
called in again to upgrade
these original systems
these
by original
substituting
systems
their
by original
substituting
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Halide light sources Halide
with their
light new
sources
energy-efficient,
with their new
high
energy-efficient, high
CRI LED units, which
CRI
are
LED
additionally
units, which
capable
are additionally
of WiFi
capable of WiFi
control and data logging.
control and data logging.
They also took the They
opportunity
also took
of the
improving
opportunity
the of improving the
performance of each
performance
output fixture
of each
with output
optically-
fixture with optically-
advanced lensing technology
advanced lensing
to enhance
technology
the visual
to enhance the
visual
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and past
impact.
impact.
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