32-4 Technologies of Writing

October 28th, 2006 § 0 comments

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There is a very cool small exhibit on early modern technologies of writing at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Have you ever really thought about where the term “penknife” came from? And do you know the origins of the first shorthand? Even better, erasable wax tablets, cyphers, and invisible ink…..

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