ivory inks

[gleb.livejournal.com]

..where ivory in vast quantities was used for Indian marriage bangles and Chinese carvings and inks

чернила из слоновой кости? как-то не верится..
может автор имеет в иду чернильницу (суд по всему, англ. у него не родной)

Comments

[n0p0x.livejournal.com]

Ivory
"The important part which ivory plays in the industrial arts not only for decorative, <...> The dust is used for polishing, and in the preparation of Indian ink, and even for food in the form of ivory jelly."
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Ivory

[gleb.livejournal.com]

вот как
был неправ
спасибо
!

[maksidrom.livejournal.com]

ivory dust is used as an ingridient in the fine printing ink used for engravings and etchings (The Encyclopaedia Britannica)

[gleb.livejournal.com]

век живи
век учис, блин
спасибо