| Having a little trouble sleeping? How about picking up | | | | to be particularly useful for pilots because the |
| the complete history of pens to help you along to | | | | pressure of high altitudes did not affect the pen. Biro |
| sleep? Actually, that's not exactly fair. The history of | | | | pens were then produced for the Royal Air Force. |
| pens is surprisingly interesting. And to be more | | | | The ballpoint pen and the history of pens in general |
| specific the history of the ballpoint pen is especially | | | | continued to evolve and change through the next |
| interesting. | | | | decades until now. Today you can find pens in a |
| It all starts out with the famous Cross pen. Cross | | | | virtually limitless amount of designs and colors. There |
| invented the first stylographic fountain pen, which is | | | | are handcrafted ballpoint pens, ones made from fine |
| the daddy of the ballpoint pen. This invention made | | | | exotic woods, or even pens made from antlers. The |
| the ballpoint pen possible, since no one had come up | | | | history of pens is one that is long and very diverse. |
| with an idea quite so innovative up until that point. | | | | Never has such a small item given the world so much. |
| The history of pens tells us that the actual true | | | | Try to imagine life without ballpoint pens. Imagine |
| inventor of the ballpoint pen, as we know it today | | | | sitting down with an old-fashioned fountain pen and |
| can be credited to Laszlo Jozsef Biro who was from | | | | writing up your grocery list. |
| Budapest. His version of the ballpoint pen contained a | | | | Ballpoint pens may not be the most technically |
| pressurized ink cartridge. Biro was a journalist and | | | | advanced instrument, but it is an instrument that we |
| noticed the quick drying capability of the ink used in | | | | could probably not live without. How many times |
| newspapers. He thought that if that same ink could | | | | have you had to search for a pen? How many |
| be used in a pen then the problem of smudged | | | | packages of ballpoint pens do you go through in a |
| letters would be solved. It was apparently a big | | | | year? |
| problem in those days. In 1938 the ballpoint pen was | | | | They disappear for a reason; people steal them |
| born. | | | | because they need them. |
| It wasn't until 1943 that Biro got a patent for his | | | | Give a quick look at the history of pens the next |
| remarkable pen. In Argentina he became the leading | | | | time you need something to read. You might be |
| producer of ballpoint pens in that country. The Brits | | | | surprised at the interesting facts you will find. |
| got wind of it and bought the patent. It was found | | | | |