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Evolution of writing instruments from reed pens to fountain pens
A historical survey traces early writing tools from stylus and reed pens to the quill and papyrus. It covers Babylonian and Egyptian practices, Greek and Roman use, and the shift to metal nibs and steel and gold pens. It highlights key inventors like Bramah and Waterman and notes the advent of the fountain pen in 1881 with capillary action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Isidore
Far East
Ancient
Ninevah
Egypt
Pliny
British Museum
Cesar
Casca
Rome
Herodotus
China
Job
St. Isidore of
Seville
St. Thecla
Isauria
England
France
America
Joseph Bramah
Wise
London
Joseph Gillett
United States
Sweden
Japan
Arabia
John Shaffer
L. E. Waterman
Waterman