NEW FOUNTAIN PEN
HOLDS INK FOR A YEAR A fountain pen that needs to be filled only tyice a year is being produced in Britain. The pen has no nib, but a stylographic point—a wire enclosed in a tube that releases ink when pressed. Its barrel holds 12 miles of ink—and it is only the size of an ordinary fountain pen. The pen vvns invented In- Miles Aircraft during the war. It was designed for pilot* to write at heights where air pressure is so low that an ordinary fountain pen will explode. Overseas customers will be the first to use this novel invention, reports the London ' Daily Mail..' Only 1 per cent, of the pens_ now being manufactured will be retained for the British home market.
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Evening Star, Issue 25565, 18 August 1945, Page 5
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127NEW FOUNTAIN PEN Evening Star, Issue 25565, 18 August 1945, Page 5
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