Packed with ideas for games that kids will be proud to show off, super scratch programming adventure. Book collectors generally make their peace with foxing as one of the many factors that make old books unique. To make a thin shallow cut or mark on with a sharp instrument. Foxing appears as brown, yellow, or red stains on the paper, often in spidery spots or blotches.
The term foxing describes disfiguring small yellow brown spots or blotches on paper. Scratch lets your kid learn coding online, for free. Short for electronic book, this is a computer file that contains the entire text of a book. Rare and antiquarian book dealers often painstakingly describe a book s condition because its such an important aspect of the book s value.
Paper can degrade over time for a number of reasons, which include light, moisture and oxidation problems. Dont forget to take a picture and journal your experience. Theres a time and money guide over each box to help you decide. I wasnt sure i was going to love from scratch, but i quickly found myself hooked and didnt want to stop reading. Just curious as im not in the book selling business, what is foxing of the page edges. A special piece of hardware that you can buy from the scratch website and attach to your computer in order to collect and process environmental and userprovided input. Foxing refers to the brown splotches, specks, and patches you often see in antiquarian books, especially those from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Scratch is a blockbased visual programming language and website targeted primarily at children. If youre new to the world of book collecting, youve undoubtedly encountered plenty of jargon already. Allen salkin shows how the sausage really gets made at the food network in from scratch, a behindthescenes history liberally spiced with gossip and unsavory tidbits. Reapply the solution to the prints surface every 30 minutes over a span of four to six hours, or until the foxing is. Its targeted more at older kids and adults, and is a solid. Foxed foxingbrown spotting of the paper caused by a chemical reaction, generally found in 19th century books, particularly in steel engravings of the period.
It is most likely caused by lack of ventilation andor chemical reactions between the paper and microorganisms. It is believed the problem is best managed by controlling humidity and contact. Foxing is a light brown to rustcolored spotting on aging paper, often identified as being of biologic origin. The exact cause of foxing is not known and methods of foxing restoration are subjects of debate. May have a spine split between 2 and 23 the length of the book. Scratch studio scratch programming in easy steps official. While most famously used to introduce kids to programming, scratch can make computer science approachable for people of any age. This studio includes the games and demonstrations from the first edition of the book scratch programming in easy steps by sean mcmanus. When you finish, youll have a keepsake to look back on. This studio is curated by the author of the book, and only includes projects from the book in it. When she was 9 years old, she made a cheese lasagna, from scratch, including the marinara sauce, completely unaided. A collection of code blocks that outlines the programming logic that influences the operation of a sprite. Create a scratch account before you start programming, you will need to create a scratch account. As the book is used, the binding becomes looser until a wellused book may.
The condition is commonly found on items produced in the 18th and 19th centuries. It teaches programming concepts to kids by snapping code blocks into place to form complete programs. Soiling, staining, discoloration and foxing is generally present. Us20070022542a1 method to remove foxing stains from. Scratches definition, a disease of horses marked by dry rifts or chaps that appear on the skin near the fetlock, behind the knee, or in front of the hock. Yes, the book is about food networkits creation, its development, its stars, its successes and failures.
Approvato dal senato il 5 febbraio, dopo il passaggio positivo alla camera del 16 luglio, il disegno di legge n. Information and translations of foxing in the most comprehensive dictionary. Simply choose a category together, then scratch off your adventure. Scratch is a graphical programming environment from mit. Tape and other forms of amateur repair are increasingly common in silver age and older books. Users of the site can create online projects using a blocklike interface. The lost art of scratch cooking the organic prepper. Foxing is the result of both mold and metal contaminants in paper. Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Journalist allen salkin fascinates us readers with his book from scratch. Users create scripts by dragging and dropping graphical blocks that snap together like puzzle pieces.
Peter pauper press offers a wide array of specialty gifts, books, boxed stationery sets, writing journals, kids activity books, daily planners and desk calendars. Theyre caused by growth of fungi or mildew, usually because the book has been exposed to excessive moisture or humidity. Us20070022542a1 us11188,814 us18881405a us2007022542a1 us 20070022542 a1 us20070022542 a1 us 20070022542a1 us 18881405 a us18881405 a us 18881405a us 2007022542 a1 us2007022542 a1 us 2007022542a1 authority us united states prior art keywords paper celluloid items soaking completely prior art date 20050726 legal status the. Recent examples on the web the twoinone toy features a scratch pad mounted in a circular track, and comes with a ball and catnip. Boing boing the official scratch jr book serves to educate teachers or parents as they in turn. Only when these impurities exist in the paper, given exposure to the right humidity and temperature factors, will foxing occur. The reason for foxing in a particular book is often difficult to discern. Scratch programming playground invent with scratch. Experts may choose one of two approaches to reverse foxing.
Foxing is an agerelated process of deterioration that causes spots and browning on old paper documents such as books, postage stamps and certificates. The process for treating or reversing foxing is expensive and impractical for the vast majority of antiquarian books. The term foxing is used to denote the reddish or tannish spots, speckles, or bloches that discolor the paper of some older books. Scratch is a new free programming environment that allows children 10 years old and older to create their own stories, cartoons, games and other creations. The name may derive from the foxlike reddishbrown color of the stains.
The adventure challenge your scratchoff guide to adventure. Pictures of tanned and foxed pages in collectible books. At first, from scratch feels like your typical second chance at love story. Wet the foxing on the prints surface lightly with some tap water. We explain the causes of foxing stains, the chemistry and mold components of foxing, and we describe what foxing looks like. Although unsightly and a negative factor in the value of the paper item. How to prevent and reverse foxing in rare books in 2019.
What can help remove foxing or dust soiling from edges of. A visual introduction to programming with games, art, science, and math is another great scratch book. Foxing has been variously attributed to a microorganism, iron particles in the paper, a high acid content in the paper, or a fungus reacting to metallic residue or other conditions of the paper. A book conservatorarchivist can sometimes remove foxing, but its a. Scratch definition of scratch by the free dictionary. Scratch is a fun, free, beginnerfriendly programming environment where you connect blocks of code to build programs. Many camps believe it is fungal in nature, some like myself suspect it to be a bacteria. Scratch is taught and used in afterschool centers, schools, and colleges, as well as. Mold and mildew forms on paper, including books and wallpaper, when they are exposed to damp conditions for several months or years. Basic scratch cooking is not some mysterious art that requires 4 years at le cordon bleu in paris its just a simple matter of reading instructions and putting them into action.
Book conservation ghosting and sunning and foxing, oh my. Do not use your school email address, as it cannot receive email from scratch. Removing the marks of foxing should generally be left to a skilled book conservator or preservationist. Scratch programming playground is free to read online under a creative commons license. But it is also an indepth look at how a cable channel gets made. Information and translations of scratching in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Foxing is a term describing the agerelated spots and browning seen on vintage paper documents such as books, postage stamps, certificates, and so forth. Scratch is a free, downloadable application that lets users combine graphics, photos, music, and sound to create simple interactive animations, games, and slide shows.
With full color screenshots on every page, the official scratchjr book provides a thorough overview of everything scratchjr is capable of doing. Gently rub the swab over the affected areas on the print. Foxing, a term referring to the brown blotches appearing on a print, results from airborne microorganisms, humidity and the presence of metals and fungi. There are many different types of e book files and some can be read only with a specific ereader amazons kindle etc while others can be read on any computer, personal digital assistant or. This fullcolor comic book makes programming concepts like variables, flow control, and subroutines effortless to absorb. The name may derive from the foxlike reddishbrown color of the stains, or the rust chemical ferric oxide which may be involved. The term refers to ferrous oxide, or iron, that becomes attracted to paper and leads to the unwanted discoloration.
Foxed foxing brown spotting of the paper caused by a chemical reaction, generally found in 19th century books, particularly in steel engravings of the period. Moulds feed on the paper itself, as well as any dirt or organic material on it, for example, finger marks, food stains and squashed insects. Scratch pad definition of scratch pad by merriamwebster. Two main causes are mould and iron contaminants in the paper. Scratcher definition, to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough. Foxing changes the ph of the paper, and additional acid can cause further degradation. Using a reducing agent, such as sodium borohydride, on the paper. Foxing is a term that refers to rustbrown colored flaws on paper. Entertainment weekly a detailed look at the network from startup phase to the present, with a generous lump of juicy stories about the. Removing foxing stains on books, papers, photographs. Foxing is very common in antique books due to the paper used and can certainly be found in contemporary books as well. Scratch glossary computer and information technology 2.