Forty Centuries of Ink: Or, A chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink.Carvalho, David Nunes
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Forty Centuries of Ink: Or, A chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink.
Carvalho, David Nunes
Ink
Inks containing also logwood, fustic, Brazil wood,
or madder, were all of them more or less employed
some years ago. Their color phenomena, following
long periods of time, is much the same. Tests as prescribed
in the accompanying table for such inks will
serve to classify them preliminary to subsequent and
more certain ones.
LOGWOOD. FUSTIC.
Concentrated Hydrochloric Acid Red-yellow Red
Dilute " " Reddish Yellow-Brown
Concentrated and dilute Nitric Acid Red Red-Yellow
" Sulphuric Acid . . Black Dark Purple
Dilute " " Red Brown Purple
Potassium Chromate . . . . Black
Stannous Chloride Violet Yellow
Tartaric Acid . . . . . Gray-Brown Yellow
Sulphate of Copper . . . . Dark Gray
Tannin . . . . . . Yellow-Red Yellow
Potash Dark Red Yellow
Potassium Permanganate Light-Brown Yellow
" Iodide . . . . . Red-Yellow
Pyrogallic Acid . . . . Yellow-Brown Yellow
Chrome-yellow . . . . . Dark Violet
Sodium (Salt) Violet Red
Sulphate of Iron Gray to Black
Alum . . . . . . . Violet Red,Brown. Faint Red
BRAZIL WOOD. MADDER.
Concentrated Hydrochloric Acid Light Red Pale Yellow
Dilute " " Light Red Pale Yellow
Concentrated and dilute Nitric Acid Dark Purple Pale Yellow
" Sulphuric Acid . . Red Pale Yellow
Dilute " " Purple Pale Yellow
Potassium Chromate . . . . - -
Stannous Chloride Light Red Light Red
Tartaric Acid . . . . . Red Yellow Pale Yellow
Sulphate of Copper . . . . - -
Tannin . . . . . . No Change Pale Yellow
Potash Crimson Light Red
Potassium Permanganate - -
Iodide . . . . . - -
Pyrogallic Acid . . . . - -
Chrome-yellow . . . . . - -
Sodium (Salt) - Red
Sulphate of Iron Dark Violet -
Alum . . . . . . . - Faint Red
CHAPTER XIX.
FRAUDULENT INK BACK GROUNDS.
DETECTION OF ALTERATIONS IN DOCUMENTS BY CHEMICAL
TESTS WHICH APPLY SOLELY TO THE PAPER--ACCURACY
OF RESULTS OBTAINED BY USE OF IODINE
EXCELS THAT OF ALL OTHER CHEMICALS--IT APPLIES
BEST TO LINEN PAPER--MODERN HARD PAPER DOES
NOT GIVE COMPLETE INFORMATION--EFFECT OF IODINE
ON MARKS MADE BY A STYLUS OR GLASS PEN.
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