The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens

The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens

The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens - With a Description of the Manufacturing Process by...
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The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens

The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens

$17.85 $8.92

The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens

$17.85 $8.92
Author: Bore, Henry
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens - With a Description of the Manufacturing Process by Which They Are Produced

In these days of Public Schools and extended facilities for popular education it would be difficult to find many people unaccustomed to the use of steel pens, but although the manufacture of this article by presses and tools must have been introduced during the first quarter of the present century, the inquirer after knowledge would scarcely find a dozen persons who could give any definite information as to when, where, and by whom this invention was made. Less than two decades ago there were three men living who could have answered this question, but two of them passed away without making any sign, and the thirdSir Josiah Masonhas left on record that his friend and patronMr. Samuel Harrisonabout the year 1780, made a steel pen for Dr. Priestley. This interesting fact does not contribute anything toward solving the question, Who was the first manufacturer of steel pens by mechanical appliances? In the absence of any definite information, the balance of testimony tends to prove that steel pens were first made by tools, worked by a screw press, about the beginning of the third decade of the present century, and the names associated with their manufacture were John Mitchell, Joseph Gillott, and Josiah Mason, each, in his own way, doing something toward perfecting the manufacture by mechanical means. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 9954
Author: Bore, Henry
Release Date: Feb 1, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English

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