 | William Butler - 1795 - 242 pages
...flexible leaf, ufually white, artificially prepared, and chiefly ufed to write or print upon with ink. Various are the materials, on which mankind in different ages and countries have contrived to write their fentiments; as on ftones, bricks, the leaves of herbs and trees, and their rinds or barks; alfo on... | |
 | Children - 530 pages
...you will consider me always, Your most affectionate friend, Jan. 1829. RCW OF PAPER AND PARCHMENT. VARIOUS are the materials on which mankind, in different...contrived to write their sentiments, as on stones, bricks, leaves of herbs and trees, thin rinds or barks; also on tables of wood, wax, and ivory; to which may... | |
 | William Butler - Arithmetic - 1811 - 548 pages
...flexibly leaf, ufually white, artificially prepared, and chiefly ufed to write or print upon with ink. Various are the materials on which mankind in different ages and countries have contrived to write their fentiments ; as on ftones, bricks, the leaves of herbs and trees, and their rinds or barks 5 alfo on... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 904 pages
...papyrus, the name of an Egyptian plant, called also fi&.'j',, biblia, whereon the ancients used to write. Various are the materials, on which mankind in different...their sentiments ; as on stones, bricks, the leaves of herbs and trees, and their rinds or barks ; also on tables of wood, wax, and ivory ; to which may be... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 712 pages
...papyrus, the name of an Egyptian plant, called also pr-.' ..;. biblus, whereon the ancients used to write. Various are the materials, on which mankind in different...their sentiments; as on stones, bricks, the leaves of herbs and trees, and their rinds or barks ; also on tables of wood, wax, and ivory ; to which may be... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 710 pages
...the name of an Egyptian plant, called also (3i£A.Of, bililus, whereon the ancients used to write. Various are the materials, on which mankind in different...countries have contrived to write their sentiments; as on ytones, bricks, the leaves of herbs and trees, and their rinds or barks ; also on tables of wood, wax,... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 688 pages
...the name of an Egyptian plant, called also pi-',/.-,;, biblus, whereon the ancients used to write. Various are the materials, on which mankind in different ages and countries hare contrived to write their sentiments ; as on stones, bricks, the leaves nf herbs and trees, and... | |
 | 1827 - 464 pages
...at Cologne in 1475 ; at Delft in 1477 ; at Gonda in 1479; and both at Antwerp and Louvain in 1518. VARIOUS are the materials on which mankind in different...countries have contrived to write their sentiments ; as on stone, bricks, the leaves of herbs and trees, and their rinds or barks ; also on tables of wood, wax,... | |
 | Natural history - 1829 - 424 pages
...diminish the quantity actually raised."— Vol. I. p. 387. VII. —On the Manufacture of Writing Paper. Various are the materials on which mankind, in different ages and countries, have contrived to embody their sentiments ; as on stones, bricks, the leaves of herbs, and trees, aud their rinds and... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...celestial sciences." — Euseb. Prœp. Evan. lib. 9. LITERATURE. HISTORY AND MANUFACTURE OF WRITING PAPER. Various are the materials on which mankind, in different...their sentiments ; as on stones, bricks, the leaves of herbs and trees, and their rinds and barks ; also on tables of wood, wax, and ivory ; to which may... | |
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Various are the materials, on which mankind in different ages and countries have contrived to write their sentiments ; as on stones, bricks, the leaves of herbs and trees, and their rinds or barks ; also on tables of wood, wax, and ivory ; to which may... 