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The history of the pen

By onagala
  • The Egyptians pens
    3100 BCE

    The Egyptians pens

    These pens were made of reed or bamboo. People dipped the pen in ink to write.
  • The quill pens
    600

    The quill pens

    A quill pen was made from the feathers of a big bird.The writer dipped the quill pen in ink many times to write four or five words.
  • The fountain pen

    The fountain pen

    Fountain pens were very different from quill pens. The ink was inside the pen, so people used it to write pages. But they weren’t very popular because they left spots of ink on the paper.
  • The ballpoint pens

    The ballpoint pens

    Lazlo Biro was a printer from Hungary. In 1938, he invented a ballpoint pen. He wasn’t the first person to invent the ballpoint pen, but his design was the best.
  • Today's pens

    Today's pens

    Now, millions of people write with ballpoint pens.People like them because they don’t leave ink spots and don’t need refilling. There are many types of ballpoint pen, including pens that write underwater and pens that write in space.