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By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide to Ancient History since 1997

The History of Ink

Monday September 27, 2004
In a Christian Science Monitor article on the development of ink, they say the Chinese invented ink 5000 years ago:
"The ink was a mixture of soot from pine smoke and lamp oil, thickened with gelatin from animal skins and musk."
Think ink!

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November 29, 2006 at 9:24 pm
(1) Taylor says:

Thank you for the info. I now could finish my homework

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