Latest posts tagged with #WritingHistory on Bluesky
What a pleasure to talk to @rickbell.bsky.social about THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE FATE OF THE WORLD (@riverheadbooks.bsky.social). Hear how he thought about structure and character in a book of such scope--and how it all started in bars and nursing homes. tinyurl.com/rickbell #writinghistory 🗃️
Writing May Have Begun 40,000 Years Ago #Science #ScienceHistory #WritingHistory #AncientCivilizations #ArchaeologicalFindings
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Conclusion of today's short #WritingWulf session
I wrote six pages today, to start off the 2nd chapter of my historical novel, set in Imperial Rome.
Now it's time to relax. But I'll write again tomorrow!
#amwriting #WritingHistory #WritingCommunity
A short piece on researching naval code breaking. I was able to solve a mystery by consulting a historic code book held at the National Archives...
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#navalhistory #germannavy #russiannavy #royalnavy #WW1 #writinghistory #historicalresearch
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The map can label #toponyms in #MinorityLanguages #IndigenousLanguages #AncientLanguages, like no other world atlas you’ve ever flipped through.
#localization #internationalization #multilingualism #WritingHistory
The Ballpoint Paradox: How a $200 Luxury Became the World's Most Ubiquitous Pen
#BallpointPen #WritingHistory #BicPen #Innovation #FactRage #FactRageNews
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Find out more on Ralph Waldo Emerson
#AuthorSky #ClassicLit #LietratureSky #WritingHistory #AuthorSpotlight #Writersky #WritingCommunity
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Ralph Waldo Emerson sparked a movement with his words alone. His lectures taught generations to think freely, live deliberately, and challenge the norm with his “Self-Reliance,” venturing into transcendentalism.
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March 14, 1981 - Daily Record - "Full Circle" writer Andrew Smith is profiled. He is the youngest writer on Doctor Who ever at the age of 18.
#DoctorWho #AndrewSmith #writinghistory #youngwriter #writerprofile #fullcircle #TVwriting
A pic of a Sholes & Glidden typewriter (as it was called) when it debuted in 1874. It's cool looking, a black typewriter with various yellow flower designs on the front & sides and a cover that goes over the keyboard for when it's not in use. Photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society.
History of JUNE 23
1968: THE TYPEWRITER IS PATENTED: Although various designs had existed for 150 yrs, Samuel Soule, Carlos Glidden, & Christopher Latham Sholes of Wisconsin designed the first "typewriter" with the QWERTY keyboard we use today. 1/2
#history #OTD #typewriter #writinghistory
Dark Side History: Writing & its Mediums!
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#HistoryOfWriting #AncientScripts #WritingTools #EvolutionOfWriting #WritingHistory #CuneiformToKeyboard #PapyrusToPrint #HistoryDocumentary #HumanCommunication
“…when we focalise […] women and interpret the men through their relationships with them…” writes Eirene Allen in her book on women in Homer. Me thinks historians should do this swap an awful lot more often and see what happens…. #historiography #writinghistory #womenhistory #AncientBluesky
Rogers also patented typewriter ribbons, letter-envelopes and manifolding paper as well as a variety of other items. #officehistory #carbonpaper #history #writinghistory
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The image is of handwriting on the back page of a sheet of carbon paper. #officehistory #carbonpaper #history #writinghistory #modernoffice
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The first carbon paper was created by soaking thin paper in ink and then drying it between blotting paper. #officehistory #carbonpaper #history #writinghistory #modernoffice
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Legal documents in England, for example, were written in what was known as "court hand" or "law hand" as per this image. #officehistory #history #writinghistory #modernoffice
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It changed the production of printed pages from around 40 when they were done by hand to around 3,600 using the press. The image is a reproduction Gutenberg press in use from the International Printing Museum. #printingpress #history #writinghistory #gutenberg
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The image is Korean movable metal type from 1377 used to print "Jikji". #history #writinghistory #movabletype
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The next development in movable type was the use of carved wooden types in 13th century China by Wang Zhen who developed a revolving typecase. This image is from his 1313 book "Nong Shu". #history #writinghistory #movabletype
This image of the Buddha was created by using ceramic movable type Chinese characters and was printed in 1103. #history #writinghistory #movabletype
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Blueskis with an interest in #history and the craft of #writinghistory - if you haven’t listened to @draftingthepast.bsky.social — get to it!
There is at least one #writingcraft revelation in every episode.
It will be interesting to see if these inks develop the same corrosion problems as iron gall inks. #writinghistory #ink #printinghistory #history
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Johannes Gutenberg (c1395-1406) developed an oil-based ink for use with his printing press as the previous water-based inks simply slid off his metal typefaces. He experimented with red inks as well as the very even black ink that became standard. #writinghistory #ink #printinghistory #history
It is a problematic ink as the presence of iron leads to corrosion which causes both the ink and the paper (or parchment) to deteriorate with time as pictured here. #writinghistory #ink #history
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To use, a wet brush would be applied until it became a liquid again. #writinghistory #ink #history #modernoffice
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However, it wasn't until 1938 that ballpoint pens as we know them were developed and patented by the the Bíró brothers (László, a newspaper editor, and György, a chemist). In many parts of the world, a ballpoint pen is still called a biro. #pen #fountainpen #history #writinghistory #biro
The development of fountain pens saw the problem of ink leakage (and staining fingers) becoming a problem and by the late 1890s inventors were producing "safety pens". One of the first was George Safford Parker who released the Parker Jointless in 1898. #pen #fountainpen #history #writinghistory
The first patent for what became known as a fountain pen appeared in 1809 and commercial success followed in 1819 when John Scheffer patented his "Penographic" pen. #pen #fountainpen #history #writinghistory
A crucial component of any office is a pen; that is, a writing implement with its own reservoir of ink. The earliest known pen dates back 1,000 years and was found in Ireland while the earliest record of such a pen dates back to 973 and the Arabian world. #pen #fountainpen #history #writinghistory
