The History of Writing Instruments

11111 The History of Writing Instruments The first known writing instruments were used by Cave Men, who sharpened stones to allow them to scratch pictures into their wals. During BC5000 the Stylus was used by the Greek population and this is now thought to be the It was traditionally made of metal, bone or luory and could be used to place marks in wax coated tablets. very first type pon of Slightly later (BC2000) the Reed Pen became popular in Egpt. This was the first instrument which used ink and this allowed the Egptians to write on papyrs srols. One of the most famaus historic pon types is the quill. During AD500 the Europeans would use bird feathers and ink, most commonly goose feathers, to write with. One drawback was the quill only typically lasted one week and was very labour intensive to create and maintain. The word pen' actually means feather. During the 1790s the pencil lead was invented in both France and Australia independently. Between 1800-1850 steel nibs became common and the guill usage was fading. Lenis Waterman was granted a patent in 1884 which was later described as the first practical fountain pen. During the 1940s there was a need for smoother writing which dffered more practically. Military personnel in Word War 2 reguired retust writing equipment suituble for a war This was one of the reasons why in 1943 the 2one. modern ball point pen was commerially launched and sales rocketed. In 1953 the ball point pen was taken into mass production by developing the manifacturing industrial and in turn process this significantly lowered the unit cost of this item. The next development came in the 1960s in Japan when a felt tipped pen was launched to market. This was later developed into a series of uses and the highlighter as we know it today. indkuding colauring pens The roller ball pens were first introduced to market in the 1980s; this instrument uses a mebile ball and liguid ink which is suppose to produce a smoother line than the ball point pen and which is easier to control than the traditional fountain pen. Nowadays pens take many forms, as well as a number of the above instruments still being used today the pen has also adapted itself in line with the technological advances in the computing The stylus, which looks like a small pen, can be used to input commands to a computer sureen, mebile device or computer tablets. With touch screan so mainstream the stylus has ensured the get left behind. arena. appliances becaming doesn't pen Brought to yau by www.brandthat.co.uk brangthat promotional products