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Francisco Quisumbing. Francisco Arguelles Quisumbing is said to be a Filipino botanist claimed to be the inventor of Quink ink [1] [2] used by The Parker Pen Company. He studied in the Philippines and the US, gaining a BSc from the University of the Philippines School of Agriculture, [disputed – discuss] Los Baños in 1918 and an MSc in 1921.
There was a company called Quisumbing Ink Products in the Philippines, unconnected to Parker, founded by a chemical engineer named Francisco A. Quisumbing. The milestones of Quisumbing's documented career are close enough to those recounted in the apocryphal accounts that it is probable that they refer, with differing degrees of accuracy, to ...
Quisumbing undertook restoration of the Herbarium, which was completely destroyed during the war. Quisumbing was author of taxonomic and morphological papers, many of which deal with orchids, including ‘Medicinal plants in the Philippines’ (Manila 1951). Saccolabium quisumbingii has been named in his honour.
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Coloured ink is oil soot ink that has been blended with pigments to create a solid ink of color. Most popular is cinnabar ink, which was reportedly used by Chinese emperors. An artist might commission a custom ink to suit their needs. Medical ink is produced by mixing standard ink with herbal medicines, and can be ground and taken internally.
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