Feather pen was invented by ancient Egyptians. It also has a long history. With quill pens, the strokes of characters can be thickened with greater force and thinned with less force. The quill pen can be dipped in ink for a long time to write continuously. But once it is used for a long time, the nib will be worn bare, which is inconvenient for long-term use.
1829, the British james bailey successfully developed the nib. After special treatment, it is smooth and elastic, and it is quite smooth to write, which is deeply loved by people. But this pen must be dipped in ink to write, which is very troublesome. Brama, an Englishman, made a pen out of silver, and then filled it with ink, so that the ink flowed out of the nib, and it seemed that he could write fluently. However, the control of ink is always insufficient, and it is easy to make the paper messy. Brama added a capsule filled with ink to the pen holder, and someone put a thin metal needle on the pen tip to control the passage of ink. However, the problem of water leakage still cannot be completely solved.
It is said that once, Walter Mann, a salesman of an American insurance company, finally negotiated a big business in the competition with several peers. When signing the contract, wolman handed the customer a beautiful fountain pen for him to sign. Unexpectedly, just as the customer was preparing the signature pen, a big pool of ink dripped from the tip of the pen, which stained a written contract. Just as Walman hurriedly turned to get a new contract, his competitors took advantage of it and signed a contract with the customer, taking away this considerable business. This incident gave wolman a great stimulus. While he was depressed, he was determined to design a real fountain pen, which could control the amount of water freely.
After four years' efforts, wolman finally invented a practical fountain pen at 1884, which is an indispensable pen in people's life today.
1888, four years after walt whitman invented fountain pen, Robbie of the United States put forward a new concept pen, which is different from fountain pen. Instead, a ball is installed on the tip of the pen. When writing, as the ball rolls, the ink remains on the paper. This is what people call a ballpoint pen today. Unfortunately, Robbie's attempt failed, on the one hand, because the ball did not roll well and could not write; On the other hand, the ink flowing through the beads can't be controlled, and there will be a lot of water leakage. The invention was delayed.
More than half a century later 1943, the proofreader of a Hungarian printing factory was named Laszlo Josef Bick. He found that the fresh samples just printed on the machine contained a lot of water, and it would be blurred if they were revised with a fountain pen. To this end, he often ponders how to improve. He is a man who collects old ink pens. He and his colleagues always complain that there are ink stains on their hands or paper, which leads to stains. So in the late 1930s, when Biro saw quick-drying ink in a paint shop, he decided to try it.
Once, Bick found a round tube, filled it with oily pigment, and changed the nib into a steel ball, thus the world's first ballpoint pen was born. By the time they perfected their idea, the two brothers had moved to Argentina permanently. They found a patron there, Henry Martin, who was an English businessman. 1943, they made a ballpoint pen, and Bick provided this invention to the Royal Air Force. Soon, an airplane factory in Britain launched the first batch of commercial ballpoint pens.
At that time, an American businessman named Renault saw this ballpoint pen, just like a hound with a keen sense of smell found its prey. With the unique sensitivity of businessmen, it is concluded that this is a promising new product.
At that time, at the end of World War II, the atomic bomb was successfully made in the United States! In order to impress the audience and attract customers, Renault ingeniously called his ballpoint pen "ballpoint pen". Renault claims that his ballpoint pen can write underwater, can be used in the cold Arctic, can write for a long time, and is easy to carry.
Before the invention of ballpoint pen, writing could be a dirty thing. In the principal's office, people use simple steel-tipped pens and must always dip them in ink. Ink bottles are easy to repair, easy to knock over, and easier to get ink stains or stains. In the years after World War II, due to the development of low-cost manufacturing methods, ballpoint pens gradually became a favorite writing tool.
The inventions of Laszlo Biro and Georg Biro were all the rage because it became an ideal gift. In fact, it is an ideal writing tool for various occasions.
After World War II, the Frenchman Baronbish bought Biro's patent and developed a low-cost manufacturing process. His "Bicycle" brand ballpoint pen has become a popular and cheap writing tool, which is used in all schools and offices.
If the brush and quill pen condensed the splendid ancient civilization, then the fountain pen came out with the color of modern civilization, and the ballpoint pen that appeared in the atomic age was the result of modern civilization.