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These pens were made of reed or bamboo (different plants). The people immersed the pen with ink for writing. -
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 French government patented it in 1827. Fountain pens were very different from quill pens. The ink was inside the pen, so people used it to write pages. -
Lazlo Biro In 1938, he invented a ballpoint pen. He wasn’t the first person to invent the ballpoint pen, but his design was the best. -
Now, millions of people write with ballpoint pens, or biros (named after Lazlo Biro). 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.