ink-powder

"But," said somebody -- and he had a very cunning air as he uttered that "but" -- "but haven't we got ink and ink-powder that we can dye our tents dark with?"

The South Pole~ The End of the Winter 2009

His study, where I recited my daily tasks, was that small sunny room on the water side of the east wing; and I well recall him as he sat behind his desk of a morning after prayers, his horn spectacles perched on his high nose and his quill over his ear, and his ink-powder and pewter stand beside him.

Richard Carvel — Volume 01 Winston Churchill 1909

His study, where I recited my daily tasks, was that small sunny room on the water side of the east wing; and I well recall him as he sat behind his desk of a morning after prayers, his horn spectacles perched on his high nose and his quill over his ear, and his ink-powder and pewter stand beside him.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

His study, where I recited my daily tasks, was that small sunny room on the water side of the east wing; and I well recall him as he sat behind his desk of a morning after prayers, his horn spectacles perched on his high nose and his quill over his ear, and his ink-powder and pewter stand beside him.

Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

"But," said somebody -- and he had a very cunning air as he uttered that "but" -- "but haven't we got ink and ink-powder that we can dye our tents dark with?"

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900

"But," said somebody -- and he had a very cunning air as he uttered that "but" -- "but haven't we got ink and ink-powder that we can dye our tents dark with?"

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1 Roald Amundsen 1900

No stylographic pens were used in those days, but instead, a carefully prepared quill; and the ink was made of ink-cake or ink-powder dissolved in water; or, more troublesome still, home-made ink, tediously prepared with nutgalls, walnut or swamp maple bark, or iron filings steeped in vinegar and water, or copperas.

Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

Rusty nails, or any rusty iron, boiled in vinegar, with a small bit of copperas, makes a good black, -- black ink-powder done in the same way answers the same purpose.

The American Frugal Housewife Lydia Maria Francis Child 1841

“But,” said somebody — and he had a very cunning air as he uttered that “but” — “but haven’t we got ink and ink-powder that we can dye our tents dark with?”

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

"We have excellent ink-powder," said the shopman, "in small packages, which can be very conveniently carried about.

The Wide, Wide World 1892