In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CALOTYPE
Etymology
Noun
calotype (plural calotypes)
A talbotype
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"o*type, n. Etym: [Gr. (Photog.)
Definition: A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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