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  2. Klecksography - Wikipedia

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    Spots of ink are dropped onto a piece of paper and the paper is folded in half, so that the ink will smudge and form a mirror reflection in the two halves. The piece of paper is then unfolded so that the ink can dry, after which someone can guess the resemblance of the print to other objects.

  3. Syng inkstand - Wikipedia

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    Besides paper documents, it is one of four still-existing objects that were present during the Constitutional Convention, along with the Liberty Bell, the chair that George Washington sat in as the convention's presiding officer, and Independence Hall itself. The inkstand was made by Philip Syng in 1752 for the provincial assembly of ...

  4. Ink - Wikipedia

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    Bottles of ink from Germany Writing ink and a quill. Ink is a gel, sol, or solution that contains at least one colorant, such as a dye or pigment, and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, reed pen, or quill.

  5. 30 Color Photos Photographers Took 100 Years Ago That Still ...

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    Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company "There was a two-color process invented around 1913 by Kodak that used two glass plates in contact with each other, one being red-orange and the other ...

  6. Inkstand - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] They were generally portable objects, intended to sit on the table or desk where the person was writing. [2] They were useful household objects when quill pens and dip pens were in everyday use. At the most basic, an inkstand had a pen, a tightly-capped inkwell, and a sand shaker for rapidly drying the ink after it was written on the ...

  7. List of common misconceptions about history - Wikipedia

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    The so-called Roman salute, in which the arm is fully extended forwards or diagonally with palm down and fingers touching, was not used in ancient Rome.The gesture was first associated with ancient Rome in the 1784 painting The Oath of the Horatii by the French artist Jacques-Louis David, which inspired later salutes, most notably the Nazi salute.

  8. Ink to the past: Exhibit on history of tattooing in Boston at ...

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    In November 2020 the duo published a book, "Loud, Naked & in Three Colors: The Liberty Boys & The History of Tattooing in Boston." Bray called the exhibit the "bookend" of their project.

  9. History of printing - Wikipedia

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    The Suishu jingjizhi, the blibography of the official history of the Sui dynasty, includes several ink-squeeze rubbings, believed to have led to the early duplication of texts that inspired printing. A stone inscription cut in reverse dating from the first half of the 6th century implies that it may have been a large printing block.