It appears that the copper plates and wooden blocks used by Renaissance printers deteriorated just as much in the years sitting on the shelf as during their actual use. Based on the finding of the time-dependent decay, a researcher has now developed a new tool to date prints.

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http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2006/June/27060601.asp

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