Show THAT THE ROMANS USED fir permanent records Re atlue sty at flus lut and wooden tablets tablet wars ware then in n vogue i t A 1 I friio ancient romans commonly with a metal point atilua aty sty lusy lua on wooden iAb tablets lefis covered with wax ta bulae but permanent records were viere written on parchment with a ree reed dve pea 2 n and liquid pigment or ink at haltem in a ike i ear ar the alte of the abuso fortress ort rega erected by in tho year dearll ill B C was wa recently found bound a bronze bronco vessel conta contain ltv ing ik a dried black mass which prof ketaner has baa decided to ne Q roman ink the anaa was round mund to consist of chiefly of soot and cannato of iron it also alao cos con smaller quantities of ferric ox ide copper oxide oaldo clay maenella maen esla gyp sum phosphoric acid carbonic avid al kalies ud sand band those ingredients probably represent chloda accidental Im impurity purit les which have found their way into the old inkstand but some of them may be due to the chemical action of the ink on the bronze vessel the presence pres saco of an aromatic substance suggests that the ink was imported from italy where the use of perfumed ink was common scientific merican american A I 1 |