1890
William B. Purvis invented and pantented improvements to the fountain pen.
W. B. Purvis in well known for the invention of the fountain pen. He also patented several improvements to his important invention.
1890
He did NOT invent the fountain pen he patented it. The first fountain pen was invented by a french-man named M.Bion. Lewis Waterman just improved it.
He was a black inventor that invented the fountain pen
He did not invent the escalator or the fountain pen. He first of all was to busy to invent stairs that move. Second he patented the fountain pen he did NOT invent it
fountain pen
Yes he did. He invented the fountain pen.
he is a not a well known inventor but on January 7 1890 is when he got his fountain pen invention patented and between 1884 and 1897 purvis patented paper bag machines, a bag fastener, a hand stamp, an electric railway device, an electric railway swith and a magnetic car-balancing device.
There is no historic record of W. B. Purvis except that he was an African-American inventor who filed numerous patents with the US Patent Office between 1884 and 1897, including an improved form of the fountain pen.
first of all, it was the FOUNTAIN pen, and it was in 1884
Yes, the fountain pen was invented by W.B. Purvis in 1884. He was granted a patent for his design which helped improve the functionality and accessibility of writing instruments during that time.