Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PHOTOSTAT
Photostat, Photostat machine
(noun) a duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper
photostat
(noun) a photocopy made on a Photostat machine
photostat
(verb) make a copy by means of a Photostat device
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
photostat (plural photostats)
(dated) A photocopy, especially one made by a Photostat machine.
Positive (black on white) or negative (white on black) reproduction of printed matter or artwork made on a photostat machine, which uses photographic paper instead of a transparent negative, and uses a prism to render the paper negative readable instead of reversed.
Verb
photostat (third-person singular simple present photostats, present participle photostating or photostatting, simple past and past participle photostated or photostatted)
(transitive) To make such a photocopy of.
Source: Wiktionary
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