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A '''noctograph''' is a [[writing instrument]] composed of a piece of paper whose underside is treated with printer's ink [[carbon paper]] and a metal board with clips to hold the paper in place and guidelines to make for straight writing in the dark. The user writes with a metal [[stylus]], and thus does not have to ink a pen or worry about knocking an inkstand over. |
A '''noctograph''' is a [[writing instrument]] composed of a piece of paper whose underside is treated with printer's ink [[carbon paper]] and a metal board with clips to hold the paper in place and guidelines to make for straight writing in the dark. The user writes with a metal [[stylus]], and thus does not have to ink a pen or worry about knocking an inkstand over. A sheet of paper was soaked with printing ink and, after drying, was stretched in a box or frame between two white sheets of paper. |
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The original purpose was to allow the [[blindness|blind]] or [[partially sighted]] to write with more ease than with a traditional [[pen]], although it has also been used by the fully sighted to write in the [[dark]].<ref>[http://www.ingenious.org.uk/See/?target=SeeLarge&ObjectID={A0F9BB64-46B6-C4CD-30E7-6F98E9DD72B4}&SearchString=Noctograph&source=Search&viewby=images W R Wedgewood's advertisement of 1842 -] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510073126/http://www.ingenious.org.uk/See/?target=SeeLarge&ObjectID=%7BA0F9BB64-46B6-C4CD-30E7-6F98E9DD72B4%7D&SearchString=Noctograph&source=Search&viewby=images |date=2017-05-10 }}</ref> It was originally patented by [[Ralph Wedgwood (inventor)|Ralph Wedgwood]] in 1806. |
The original purpose was to allow the [[blindness|blind]] or [[partially sighted]] to write with more ease than with a traditional [[pen]], although it has also been used by the fully sighted to write in the [[dark]].<ref>[http://www.ingenious.org.uk/See/?target=SeeLarge&ObjectID={A0F9BB64-46B6-C4CD-30E7-6F98E9DD72B4}&SearchString=Noctograph&source=Search&viewby=images W R Wedgewood's advertisement of 1842 -] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510073126/http://www.ingenious.org.uk/See/?target=SeeLarge&ObjectID=%7BA0F9BB64-46B6-C4CD-30E7-6F98E9DD72B4%7D&SearchString=Noctograph&source=Search&viewby=images |date=2017-05-10 }}</ref> It was originally patented by [[Ralph Wedgwood (inventor)|Ralph Wedgwood]] in 1806. |
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A noctograph is a writing instrument composed of a piece of paper whose underside is treated with printer's ink carbon paper and a metal board with clips to hold the paper in place and guidelines to make for straight writing in the dark. The user writes with a metal stylus, and thus does not have to ink a pen or worry about knocking an inkstand over. A sheet of paper was soaked with printing ink and, after drying, was stretched in a box or frame between two white sheets of paper.
The original purpose was to allow the blind or partially sighted to write with more ease than with a traditional pen, although it has also been used by the fully sighted to write in the dark.[1] It was originally patented by Ralph Wedgwood in 1806.
Notable users
- William H. Prescott[2] The noctograph that Prescott used to write his many historical volumes is on display at the William Hickling Prescott House (house museum) at 55 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
- James Holman[3]
See also
- Nyctograph—a card template of square holes invented by Lewis Carroll in 1891 to write in the dark.
References
- ^ W R Wedgewood's advertisement of 1842 - Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ William H. Prescott - Encyclopædia Britannica v. 14, p. 993. 1974
- ^ "Siberia 19th century to 1890 - extreme tourism".
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