Who Invented The Pen? | Invention of A Pen | The Dr Binocs Show | Peekaboo Kidz

Oh don't blame the pen little kitty it's not your usual ball pen but an ink or fountain pen so you need to put ink in it yes just like humans the pen evolved with time so in today's episode let me share a brief history of this great invention we called pen by answering an essential question who invented the pen zoom in the creation of the pen has played a significant role in the development of human society through it we were able to retain communicate teach and share knowledge and information the writings of Shakespeare and Virginia Woolf wouldn't exist if they didn't have the tools to save their works physically but the vital question is who came up with an idea of a pen in the first place well the first pen was invented around 3000 BC by ancient Egyptians as a tool to write on papyrus scrolls they made the early pens out of wood and bamboo straws and the ink from suit or ochre combined with beeswax one end of this tool was cut into the shape of a pen nib or point and then the reed stem was filled with a writing fluid that would flow down to the nib when squeezed people continue to use reed pens until the Middle Ages but in the 7th century they were gradually replaced by quill pens made of flight feathers of large birds like turkey and goose these pens became an instant hit amongst the people due to their smooth writing and lightweight it allowed writers to write faster and develop new more decorative styles of handwriting with smaller letters and maybe that's the reason of all the writing devices the quill pen ruled the world for the longest period of history from the 7th until the 19th century but its hold amongst the people began to tremble when an English inventor named John Mitchell came up with a machine made steel point pen these pens work just like the quill that needed to be dipped into the ink but was less expensive and long-lasting but a Romanian inventor named Petruchet Bonaro found the process of continually dipping the pen into ink for the refill pretty frustrating so he began to work on an idea of a pen that could hold the ink in a barrel and pass it through the nib and in 1827 he received a patent for the invention of the first fountain pen but his design had major flaws as the flow of ink was not controlled and resulted in either no ink or blotting so it went through many changes throughout the 20th century and was perfected with time but before it could make a mark in history the ballpoint pen made its public appearance in 1888 when an American inventor named John J. Loud obtained the first patent for the ballpoint pen but as his designs had some issues too another version of the ballpoint pen was introduced by Laszlo Biro a Hungarian journalist living in Argentina during World War two he came up with the idea of using quick drying ink instead of the usual India ink and attaching a small metal ball at the nib that rotated the ball would work to keep the writing pen from drying out and would spread the ink smoothly later he and his brother George Laszlo were granted a new patent for the ballpen and went out to make their first commercial models Biro pens that became hugely successful and reached the hands of everyone Trivia Time! Did you know an average pen can write about 45,000 words before running out of ink also a regular BIC ballpoint pen can draw a line that's almost two kilometers long that's more than six times longer than the height of the Eiffel Tower hope you learned something new today until next time it's me dr. binox zooming out never mind