Wednesday, December 4, 2024

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 EOTO 1: Ball point pen 



    I learned that the ballpoint pen was not created out of necessity, but out of sheer want for convenience. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1888 by John Loud. Loud did not like the fountain pen because it did not work well on all writing surfaces (he worked with leather and needed to mark it sometimes, but fountain pens didn't work for that), it was messy, and it was difficult to refill. Turns out, he was not the only one to have issues with the fountain pen. journalists and students disliked the overly complicated pen as well. Although Loud invented the first ballpoint pen, he definitely could have done better. This was proven by Laszlo Biro. Now, Biro loved to use the fountain pen, but he often smudged the ink. Therefore, he tried to use the thicker, smudge-free ink used on newspapers in his fountain pen. This obviously didn't work. However, when he saw his kids playing with marbles in the driveway, he thought that he could invent a pe with a metal, ball-shaped tip that would allow the ink to flow smoothly, and thus the modern ballpoint pen was born! Now, you can't go a day (or even a few hours) without seeing a ballpoint pen. These pens are easily portable, inexpensive, and fairly clean (unless you leave them in your pockets and wash them like I do). This pen became the go-to for all your writing-based needs. Honestly, I'm so glad that I don't have to carry around a messy fountain pen and inkwell because I stain my clothes enough already!

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