Word: inkstands
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...perfect or patent pen gauge inkstand is what every one needs. The ink is stored in a rubber pouch enclosed in a neat glass frame or stand. The construction is such that turning a thumb screw on the top of the inkstand forces up a steel saucer kept beneath the rubber ink pouch, bringing into sight in a glass cube or dipping cup just the amount of ink needed...
...seal of the Institute bears the motto, "Haec Studia Adolescentiam Alunt." Within the inscription there is an open scroll lying upon a book. In the background, an inkstand. Beneath the whole is the date of its foundation...
...hour, and during that time the students straggle in, one by one. Each has an enameled cloth or leather pocket, in which he carries his papers and books for taking notes. He leisurely hangs up his hat and coat, spreads out his papers, and takes from his pocket an inkstand and a common steel pen. The blackened desks and streaked floors give ample proof of the catastrophes that have overtaken these inkstands in times past. An American stylograph would be an untold blessing to the German student, and somebody will undoubtedly make a great fortune by introducing that instrument...
...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...