Question

from the printing press in great inventions and discoveries by willis duff piercy
\except a living man,\ says charles kingsley, \there is nothing more wonderful than a book—a message to us from the dead—from human souls whom we never saw, who lived perhaps thousands of miles away; and yet these, on those little sheets of paper, speak to us, amuse us, vivify us, teach us, comfort us, open their hearts to us as brothers. we ought to reverence books, to look at them as useful and mighty things.\ milton calls a good book \the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.\ cicero likens a room without books to a body without a soul. ruskin says, \bread of flour is good; but there is bread, sweet as honey, if we would eat it, in a good book.\ and thomas carlyle exclaims: \wondrous, indeed, is the virtue of a true book! o thou who art able to write a book, which once in two centuries or oftener there is a man gifted to do, envy not him whom they name city - builder, and inexpressibly pity him whom they name conqueror or city - burner!\
for centuries the traditions, stories, and songs of men were handed down orally from father to son
match each technical meaning to the term it is associated with.

term	technical meaning
parchment
catalyst

blue box options: a prolonged period of time, to preserve something from decay, a substance causing a quicker reaction, a kind of paper made out of animal hide, to make something more lively

Explanation:

To solve this, we match each term with its technical meaning by understanding the definitions:

1. embalm: The meaning "to preserve something from decay" fits as embalming is the process of preserving a body from decay.
2. parchment: "a kind of paper made out of animal hide" is the correct match since parchment is traditionally made from animal skin.
3. catalyst: "a substance causing a quicker reaction" is accurate as a catalyst speeds up chemical reactions.

Answer:

Term	Technical Meaning
parchment	a kind of paper made out of animal hide
catalyst	a substance causing a quicker reaction