Forty Centuries of Ink by David N. Carvalho.


FORTY CENTURIES OF INK

OR

A CHRONOLOGICAL NARRATIVE CONCERNING
INK AND ITS BACKGROUNDS

INTRODUCING INCIDENTAL OBSERVATIONS AND
DEDUCTIONS, PARALLELS OF TIME AND COLOR
PHENOMENA, BIBLIOGRAPHY, CHEMISTRY,
POETICAL EFFUSIONS, CITATIONS,
ANECDOTES AND CURIOSA TOGETHER WITH
SOME EVIDENCE RESPECTING THE
EVANESCENT CHARACTER OF
MOST INKS OF TO-DAY AND
AN EPITOME OF CHEMICO-LEGAL INK.

BY
DAVID N. CARVALHO




PREFACE.

The unfortunate conditions surrounding the almost
universal use of the oddly named commercial and with