Chapter 1 (PART 2)

Question 1

Oldest form of ink

Answer 1

Indian Inks

Question 2

This ink will be found only in the old documents

Answer 2

Log wood inks

Question 3

This ink was made of a fermented infusion of gall nuts to which iron salts were added

Answer 3

Iron Gallotanate Inks

Question 4

This type of ink is placed on the market under the name of “blue black permanent”

Answer 4

Fountain Pen Inks

Question 5

These inks are composed of an aqueous solution of synthetic dyestuff to which a preservative and a flux are added

Answer 5

Dyestuff inks

Question 6

To improve the writing qualities of the DYESTUFF INKS what substances were added?

Answer 6

Glycerol
Glucose or Dextrin

Question 7

These inks are a special group of dyestuff inks

Answer 7

Water Resistant Writing and Drawing Inks

Question 8

Material used in Water Resistant Writing and Drawing Inks

Answer 8

Borax
Liquid Ammonia or Ammonium Bicarbonate

Question 9

Material used for hectograph inks

Answer 9

• Glycerol
• Acetic Acid
• Acetone

Question 10

Typewriter Ribbon Inks are composed of what materials?

Answer 10

• Blend of Aniline Dyes
• Carbon Black
• Oil (Castor Oil)

Question 11

Materials used for printing inks

Answer 11

• Mixture of Colored Pigments
• carbon black
• base

Question 12

Used to decipher faint cancellation marks on a postage stamp and wrappers

Answer 12

Canceling inks

Question 13

This ink contains a substance which is colorless in visible light and has a strong affinity for the fibers of the paper, and yet is not bleached by hypochlorite ink eradicators or washed out by soaking in water

Answer 13

Skrip Inks

Question 14

Skrip Inks were manufactured by what Company?

Answer 14

W. A Chaffer Pen Company

Question 15

Year since when Skrip inks manufactured

Answer 15

1955