The History of Ink, Including Its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography

FORM OF THE WORD INK IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

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Hebrew:__

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Chaldaic:__ DȲŌ

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Sanskrit:__

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Greek:__Μελαν (Melan)

Latin:__ATRAMEUTUM (Scriptorum)

Mediaeval Latin:__ENCANSTUM

China:__ MĬH SHWUY (liquid Ink)

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" MĬH (Chinese Ink)

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Canton dialect:__ MAK SHUY

Hindostan:__ KALI

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Bengal:__ KALI

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Shingalese:__

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Burmese:__

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Malayhim:__

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Persia:__ SIYAHI

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Sinic:__

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Turkey:__ MUREKKEB

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Armenia:__

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Thibet:__

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Anamitic:__MU^cC VIÊT

Malay:__ DAWĀT

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Japan:__

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Java:__ MANULYSAN

Egyptian:__

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Coptic:__

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Amharic:__

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Algerian:__ SIMEKH

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Aethiopic:__

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Arabic:__ HBR, HIBR, HIBAR.

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{Old French__ENQUE}

French:__ENCRE {Breton__LYOU }

{Provincal__ANCRA }

{Low Dutch }

German:__ (Tinte.) {Flamande } INK

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{Hollandais}

Spanish:__TINTA

Portugese:__TINTA

Italian:__INCHIOSTRO

Piedmontese:__INCIOSTR.

Russian:__ {Lettish__BLAKKA

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{Lettauish__TINTA

Polish:__INKAUST

Hungarian:__TENTA

Bunda or Argolense:__TINTA

Bohemia:__INGAUST

Basque:__CORANSIA

Illyrian:__INGOAS

Danish:__BLÆC

Swedish:__BLÄCK

Laplandish:__BLEKK

Greenlandish:__BLEK

Icelandish:__BLEK

English:__INK {Old English__ENKE, INKE, YNKE

{Anglo-Saxon__BLÆC

Welsh:__DU, ENGE

Gaelic:__DUBHADH

Irish:__ DUBH

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Peruvian:__YANATULLPU

Chilian:__CHILLCAMOM

Mexican:__THLLI

Guarani:__TIV_TIRV_ (Tinta)

Caribee Islands: OÚLITI OR OÚLITACLE

Transcriber's Note:

Some corrections have been made to the original text, including normalizing the punctuation. Further corrections are listed below:

p. 12 unparalelled -> unparalleled

p. 26 Flenningham -> Henningham

p. 36 Dictionaire -> Dictionnaire

p. 36 pschyo -> psycho

p. 46 elogè -> éloge

p. 77 Macauley -> Macaulay

Other spelling and hyphenation inconsistencies have been retained as printed.

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