Though borne of utility, the
blotting paper creates an ephemeral or paratextual trace of the manuscript.
Only a little thing, but, at the same time, such a big thing - the daily measuring, the daily watering (on no account let the
blotting paper dry out, children!) the daily buzz of being an integral part of magic in the making, of turning root and shoot - both of which, incredibly, knew EXACTLY which direction to make for - into our very own tiny bean plants, our joy and pride in which knew no bounds.
Guy or gal,
blotting papers are the nifty way to absorb excess oil on the face.
We had to hold our arms out straight, have two cracks on each hand, and then go to our classroom and try to write with the old-fashioned pens and ink wells and
blotting paper.
The team set up a triage system to sort through the artefacts, and immediately began work on trying to reduce the moisture in the most badly damaged pieces with large sheets of
blotting paper and dehumidifiers.
When collared, he asked for 271 paperclips and
blotting paper to be taken into consideration.
Just like
blotting paper, the tissue sucks the venom through this canal.
For the seeds of many forest species, several different substrates have been tested in germination trials, such as charcoal, vermiculite, rag, paper towel, filter paper,
blotting paper, vegetal soil-sand, among others (ANDRADE et al., 1999).
But these advances are only a small evolutionary step from the world's first battery designed by Alessandro Volta in 1800 using layers of metal and
blotting paper soaked in salt water.
Burnham plans to leave the documents out to dry on
blotting paper. Once they are dry, they will be sent to document specialists for preservation.
The ink was in a large bottle which, for pouring purposes, was wrapped in green
blotting paper which was also used to soak up spillage.