Show chevrolet sales S a I 1 es of both new and used cars mount detroit july 27 A reversal of the downward trend that ordinarily characterizes the retail automotive business index during the midsummer months was reported by chevrolets lets central office here today when figures for the second 10 day sales period in july showed gains over both the preceding period this year and the same period in 1938 A total of new passenger and commercial cars were sold at retail by chevrolet dealers the nation over the report shows which i is s a gain of units over the 1809 reported for the first ten days of the month and an increase of over the reported for the period last year in the month to date chevrolet dealers have retailed new units above the sold during the first 20 days of july 1938 this represents an increases inc in creasa of 35 per cent used car sales also showed a substantial gain for the period as against the preceding ten days A total of units were sold or an increase of per cent over the retailed from july I 1 to 10 this as s a unit gain of used car sales eales month to date also were up with more units being sold thus far in july 1939 than in the same period last year parchment was first prepared under the direction of king eumenes 11 II about B C P papyrus a py used before parchment is a species of reed the pith of the stem being rolled out into a tissue the writing was done with a split reed for ink different colored pig pigments ments were utilized paper was introduced into europe about the beginning of the tenth century the earliest paper was made from cotton paper made of linen first came into use in the century with the invention of printing we come to what may be called the modern period of the making of books before this books of a special character made up tip mainly of pictures with little writing had been printed from blocks of solid wood and later of zinc prior to the invention of the printing press the book had been something with which the scholarly class alone was concerned with the distribution of printed copies first of religious works then editions of the classics later writings addressed directly to the understanding of the general public the tl ie book becomes an influence for directing public opinion I 1 it is thru hr the printed sheet that the thought of a luther or a calvin becomes a means of revolutionizing the opinion of a large proportion of his generation |