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Sunday, 7 January 2018
128th anniversary of the patenting of William B Purvis’s fountain pen
William Purvis (Philadelphia, US) patents his fountain pen invention, 7 January 1890, and reflects, quite perceptibly: “[T]he object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive construction of the fountain pen adapted to general use and which may be carried in the pocket”
(Ornette Coleman Quartet, “RPDD” {or “Relation of the poet to day dreaming”} [personnel:Coleman, alto saxophone;Don Cherry, pocket trumpet;Scott LaFaro, bass;Ed Blackwell, drums; recorded: Atlantic Records, New York, US, 31 January 1961])
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