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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… writing-ink, by mixing with water, beer, ale, or wine' [Patents (1688)], as was the 'finest and blackest Writing Ink, … OED earliest date of use: 1548 Sources: Newspapers, Patents, Tradecards. References: Tomlinson (1854). Writing … in this country 'as white and good as French or Dutch' [Patents (1685)]. Nevertheless writing paper was readily …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Inventories (mid-period), Inventories (late), Newspapers, Patents, Recipes, Tradecards. Yard wide [y'd wide; yd wide; … Until the invention of the 'Flying Shuttle' by John Kay [Patents (1733)], it required more than one weaver to operate … for glazing ... linens and cottons up to two yards wide' [Patents (1788)] must also have facilitated the production of …