Clash of Symbols: A ride through the riches of glyphs - Stephen Webb - Google Books

https://books.google.de/books?id=529GDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA17&dq=permyriad#v=onepage

From the ampersat and amerpsand, via smileys and runes to the ubiquitous presence of mathematical and other symbols in sciences and technology: both old and modern documents abound with many familiar as well as lesser known characters, symbols and other…