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Fountain Pen—A Wonder In 21st Century
October 10th, 2007 by admin in Blogroll

It is amply explicit that fountain pen has gained extreme fame in the world. With time proceeding there is a huge transition in the design and fashion of fountain pens. It is a long journey it has undergone. Its journey started long back during 10th century when the society was reticent and there was the very polite and affluent class called elite society..

At that time there was a tremendous adrenalin rush for fountain pens. It is very much palpable that it has given driving force and encouragement to myriad laureates and noble persons to write excellent write ups and articles. It inspired even Shakespeare to create Tempest, King Lear, As You Like It., etc. It inspired Galsworthy to write Justice A Tragedy. So its contribution to the literature is vast and remarkable. Daniel Schwenter, a German national created the fantastic fountain pen. His created fountain pen characterized double quill. Out of two, one quill was called reservoir of the ink. This quill was placed inside the large quill. Thereafter, it passed through a number of experiments and modifications. In the year of 1870, Duncan Mackinnon of New York and Alonzo T. Cross of Providence, RI created stylographic fountain pens which featured point nib instead of split nib. In January 1890, American William B. Purvis was nominated for the patent to manufacture ink feeding fountain pens.

Later in 1907, Waterman made a new fountain pen with a retractable point that minimized the possibility of the ink leakage. This fountain pen is thought to be the most popular and upgraded pens in the world. So far as the structure of the pen is concerned, the tip of a fountain pen is a nib which lets ink flow out. Fountain pens having nibs ranging from delicate to broadened width. In 1957, Platinum first brought fountain pens that were fed on ink. During 1960 and 1970, Platinum launched in the market leather pens called Amazonas.

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