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Cosy little offices, don't you think? This was the next kind of room
they put a fireplace into, so that the scribes
could do all their work right through the winter, without the ink freezing
in their ink wells, which it had done before. That did the European economy
a real favour, you know, I mean, being able
to conduct your business, writing away through the year
they put a fireplace into, so that the scribes
could do all their work right through the winter, without the ink freezing
in their ink wells, which it had done before. That did the European economy
a real favour, you know, I mean, being able
to conduct your business, writing away through the year
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Cosy little offices, don't you think?
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This was the next kind of room
they put a fireplace into,
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so that the scribes
could do all their work
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right through the winter,
00:00:09.108 --> 00:00:11.442
without the ink freezing
in their ink wells,
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which it had done before.
00:00:13.612 --> 00:00:16.747
That did the European economy
a real favour, you know,
00:00:16.849 --> 00:00:18.649
I mean, being able
to conduct your business,
00:00:18.065 --> 00:00:21.999
writing away through the year.
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Movie Summary
Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."
