Milford News | 1928-08-24 | Page 7 | Metals Made use of a Writing Materials

Metals Made Use of as Writing Materials The earliest legible handwriting on paper in existence is letter from the wife of a government ollicial, complaining com-plaining that her husband "is wrecking wreck-ing his career by dissipation." This letter dates back 1.5(H) years. Metals were used frequently in place of pa per as writing material In early times The ruler of Kanili once sent an em hussy to the Dutch governor of l'ulicat. The embassy took along ere dentials inscribed on a plate of gold. It Is on record that a hook at Home was made of marble cut so finely that the leaves could be turned over. Another hook bought In the same city was four inches long, three Inches broad, and the pages were all lead. The pages of some of the books used in the Middle ases also were made of lead. The laws of Greece were In scribed on brass and those of Rome on slabs of brass. Ivory anr wood The state records of the undent lonians were w.-nieu on slKep and goat skins. The first archives of France were engraved on silver plates. London Tit-Hits.