Word: inkstand
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ever since the Middle Ages. It is he who buys Faust's soul in the 16th century. It is he who, a little earlier in the same century, aimed at higher game than the poor astrologer and alchemist, and, had he not been frightened off by a well aimed inkstand, might have succeeded in his very natural desire to nip the Reformation in the bud by carrying off Luther himself. Later on, about the end of the 18th century, the same Devil appeared to have become such a very active mover in the world, that he inspired a number...
...simple mode of preventing ink from damaging metallic pens, is to throw either into the inkstand or the bottle in which the ink is kept, a few nails, broken bits of steel pens (not varnished) or any other pieces of iron not rusted. The corrosive action of the acid contained in the ink is expended on the iron introduced...