The claim: The fire suppression system of Yale's Beinecke Library causes all oxygen to leave the building, suffocating anyone inside, to preserve its rare books. Yale’s world-renowned Beinecke ...

The claim: The fire suppression system of Yale's Beinecke Library causes all oxygen to leave the building, suffocating anyone inside, to preserve its rare books. Yale’s world-renowned Beinecke ...

Since its opening in 1963, the marble exterior of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library has kept hidden Yale’s most obscure texts and invited the speculation of visitors and students alike.

In an interview with Yale News in 2010, visible here, Stephen Jones, the head of access services at the Beinecke Library at the time, explained this system in more detail.He said: “They do lower ...

The claim: The fire suppression system of Yale's Beinecke Library causes all oxygen to leave the building, suffocating anyone inside, to preserve its rare books. Yale’s world-renowned Beinecke ...

The claim: The fire suppression system of Yale's Beinecke Library causes all oxygen to leave the building, suffocating anyone inside, to preserve its rare books. Yale’s world-renowned Beinecke Library ...