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On January 7, 1890, Inventor William Purvis received a patent for the fountain pen.
Mr. Purvis was inspired by the inconvenience of having to carry a bottle of ink in order to write or to sign documents, thus he invented the writing pen which eliminated the need for an ink well.
His invention was ingenious, his writing implementation has an ink reservoir within it! Of his accomplishment, Purvis said, "the object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable, and inexpensive construction of a fountain pen adapted to general use and which may be carried in the pocket." The creation of the fountain pen has made office work cleaner and less expensive for businesses all over the world.
In addition to his fountain pen, Purvis, a Philadelphian, also successfully patented a number of other inventions. Between 1884 and 1897 he patented a hand stamp, an electric railway device, an electric railway switch and a magnetic car balancing device.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Purvis
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