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Page 19
... latter . The leaves of plants were long used for writing on - chiefly those of the palm , papyrus , † tiles , & c . Leather , and goat - skins were used by the Egyptians . Plates of J. C. Prince . + The invention of parchment is ...
... latter . The leaves of plants were long used for writing on - chiefly those of the palm , papyrus , † tiles , & c . Leather , and goat - skins were used by the Egyptians . Plates of J. C. Prince . + The invention of parchment is ...
Page 20
... latter part of the fourteenth century , a mill having The Greek MSS . , in Herculaneum , consist of papyrus , rolled , charred , and matted together by the fire , and are about nine inches long , and one , two , or three inches in ...
... latter part of the fourteenth century , a mill having The Greek MSS . , in Herculaneum , consist of papyrus , rolled , charred , and matted together by the fire , and are about nine inches long , and one , two , or three inches in ...
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... latter material in its preparation . Their first manufactories were at Xativa , now San Felipe . Forty years ago , three men , by handwork , could scarcely manufacture 4,000 small sheets of paper a day , while now they can produce ...
... latter material in its preparation . Their first manufactories were at Xativa , now San Felipe . Forty years ago , three men , by handwork , could scarcely manufacture 4,000 small sheets of paper a day , while now they can produce ...
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... latter of metal ; and that while the inven- tion of the one happened in the year 1440 , that of the other was consummated at some time during the following ten years . John Faust , or Fust , was only concerned as a patron of Schoeffer ...
... latter of metal ; and that while the inven- tion of the one happened in the year 1440 , that of the other was consummated at some time during the following ten years . John Faust , or Fust , was only concerned as a patron of Schoeffer ...
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... latter part of the sixteenth century . " I am well aware , " says his biographer , " that many illustrious men have flourished as printers , such as the Aldi of Italy , the Frobens from Germany , and the Stephenses from France ; but ...
... latter part of the sixteenth century . " I am well aware , " says his biographer , " that many illustrious men have flourished as printers , such as the Aldi of Italy , the Frobens from Germany , and the Stephenses from France ; but ...
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