Della Porta Invented a Method of Writing Secret Messages Inside Eggs. Ink Transferred from the Shell to the Boiled Egg Inside. The Message Could Only be Revealed When Cracked and Peeled?
Giambattista Della Porta, also known as Giovanni Battista Della Porta, was a reformation-era Italian scholar, polymath, and playwright who lived in Naples during the Renaissance era, Scientific Revolution, and Reformation. But did you know how Porta helped make secret messages used in espionage? Della Porta invented a method for secretly writing messages inside eggs. The […]