Pens:

BALL POINT PENS:

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BALLPOINT PENS:

• The first patent on a ballpoint pen was issued on October 30, 1888, to John J Loud. In 1938, László Bíró, a Hungarian newspaper editor, with the help of his brother George, a chemist, began to work on designing new types of pens including one with a tiny ball in its tip that was free to turn in a socket.
• Ballpoint pens were very popular among pilots in World War II because they did not leak at high altitudes.

FOUNTAIN PENS:

Interesting Facts About Fountain Pens:

• A fountain pen is a nib pen that, unlike its predecessor, the dip pen, contains an internal reservoir of liquid ink. The pen draws ink from the reservoir through a feed to the nib and deposits it on paper via a combination of gravity and capillary action.
• The oldest surviving fountain pen is from 1702. It was designed by M. Bion from France.

QUILL PENS:

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT QUILL PENS:

• Quill Pens (firstly appeared in Seville, Spain) were the writing instrument from 600 to 1800 AD. Pencil lead was invented independently in France and Australia. A metal pen point has been patented in 1803 but patent was not commercially exploited. Steel nibs came into common use in the 1830s.

FACTS ABOUT ALL PENS:

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ALL PENS:

• United States produces 2 billion pens in a year.
• Largest ballpoint pen was made by Acharya Makunuri Srinivasa from India. It has 5.5 m in length and its weight is 37.23 kg. Its casing is engraved with scenes from Indian mythology.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ALL PENS:

• The most expensive fountain pen is “Fulgor Nocturnus”. It is made by Tibaldi from Italy and is decorated with 945 black diamonds and 123 rubies. Its price is 8 million dollars.
• Parker’s ballpoint pens can write a line 8 km long before they run out of ink.

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