Think of all the famous French writers of history. There was Albert Camus, Victor Hugo and Marcel Proust. Then there was Jules Verne and Jean-Paul Sartre. Nor can we forget Gustave Flaubert. The ...

__1943: __ Brothers László and Georg Bíró, Hungarian refugees living in Argentina, patent the ballpoint pen. A half-century-old idea is coming to commercial fruition. Lewis Waterman's invention of a ...

WHEN YOU think of Stephen King, your mind probably jumps to haunted hotels, eerie clowns, and chilling tales that keep you up at night. Stephen King has written more than 60 novels, sold over 400 ...

The evolution of writing implement technology is a continuous and subtle one. Lewis Waterman opened up the possibility of portable pens with his invention of a practical fountain pen in 1884. But ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The inscription on this pen reads ...