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The history of pens and writing instruments 5 Articles

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    by Darlene Houseman

    THE AGELESS PASSION OF WRITING From Stone Age man to computer geek, the passion for writing has been with man as long as mankind has existed. We know this because of writing. Using the all-purpose tool of a sharpened ...read more

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    by Jan Sterrett

    Before computers and word processors were invented people wrote their Articles, Stories and Poems, as well as their grocery lists, to-do lists, and love letters by hand, using a pen. I recall using a #2 pencil for doing m...read more

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    by Marc Quaglia

    The first pens were likely the reed writing utensils used by the early Egyptians (some historians claim Egyptians used such devices as early as 3000 BC). These simple thin devices were formed from a single piece of reed ca...read more

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    by Aldo Bonincontro

    I try to tell you the history of the ball-point pen, better known in many parts of the world, included my Country, BIRO, in honour of its inventor, the Hungarian journalist LAZLO BIRO, who clearly wished at any cost, to fi...read more

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    by Gayla Pledger

    The History of Pens and Writing Instruments: Which of us doesn't have an ink pen lying in sight or within immediate reach? Most of us have jars, drawers, boxes, and trays entirely devoted to our collections of ink p...read more

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