What happened in the 1880s?
๐๏ธ Patent of the Ballpoint Pen by John Loud (1888): An early attempt to revolutionize writing tools.
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US392046A - op weym - Google Patents (google.com)
The Inventor Behind the Modern Ballpoint Pen (pens.com)
The cheap pen that changed writing forever - BBC (bbc.com)
Who Invented the Ballpoint Pen: History's Unsung Hero (dayspringpens.com)
John J. Loud - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
Imagine Children's Museum - Facebook (facebook.com)
How the Ballpoint Pen Changed the World - Grassroots Targeting (grassrootstargeting.com)
What's the Story Behind Ballpoint Pen Day? - Pinnacle Promotions (pinnaclepromotions.com)