Back in the day people used to write using a feather and ink like a bunch of weirdos or sucking ink into a pen with a jar sitting there next to them which is just ridiculous when you think about it. That is until William B. Purvis decided that he was tired of watching people look like fools and created an ink pen that could hold ink itself thereby keeping you from walking around with a jar of ink looking for a table to put it on and dip your stupid pen into.
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| "I do believe I've soiled my dickie!" |
In 1890 Purvis got the patent for this
and pretty much made the bottle of ink carrying stuff silly to
continue doing. Old fashioned nerds all over the world were probably
super happy about this. See, kids. Years ago people use to use their
hands, those things you use to text with, to put an ink pen to paper
and send letters to each other. This was made easier when you could
carry a pen with you by itself.
