[PW] A curious dye

[Brian Whatcott]

At 07:46 AM 5/12/2008, Peter MacInnis, you wrote:
>John P. Dyson wrote:
> > Quoting Peter Macinnis <petermacinnis at ozemail.com.au>:
> >
> >> My source is 'Scientific American, 16 March, 1859, page 240.
>///
> >> cheers
> >
> >
> > Peter, check out Aristophanes' speech in Plato's _Symposium_.
>
>Thanks, John.  I did that, and got no further ahead.

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Me too. Apart from the lofty moral sentiments, I saw no
actual reference to (ferinstance) flea blood etc.,
the which now names a fetching fashion shade...


Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!