Fountain Pens - A Brief History - By: Peter Ashburton, 2008-10-18

The first known fountain pen was invented over a thousand years ago in the Middle East. In 953, the caliph of Egypt commissioned a pen that could be filled with ink and then be carried around without leaking. He was subsequently presented with a pen with a reservoir of ink that was delivered to the nib by gravity and capillary action.

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