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Invention of Fountain Pen
by Meam Wye
One of the numerous useful inventions of medieval Islamic Civilization was the invention of fountain pen in 953.
The caliph of Eygypt Ma'ad al-Mu'izz wanted a pen that could hold ink inside it and would not leak it. Accordingly, a few days later a pen was made by the craftsmen that held ink in a reservoir and the ink was delivered to the nib due to gravilty and capillary action and did not leak ink.
Qadi al-Nu'man al-Tamimi, who was the official historian during that period writes in his book 'Kitab al-majalis wa’l-musayarat' (The Book of Sessions and Excursions) that the caliph instructed the construction of pen in the following words:
‘We wish to construct a pen which can be used for writing without having recourse to an ink-holder and whose ink will be contained inside it. A person can fill it with ink and write whatever he likes. The writer can put it in his sleeve or anywhere he wishes and it will not stain nor will any drop of ink leak out of it. The ink will flow only when there is an intention to write. We are unaware of anyone previously ever constructing (a pen such as this) and an indication of ‘penetrating wisdom’ to whoever contemplates it and realises its exact significance and purpose’. I exclaimed, ‘Is this possible?’ He replied, ‘It is possible if God so wills’
However, it was centuries later, in 1636, that German inventor Daniel Schwenter described a pen with reservoir.
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January 31, 2010 5:22 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrache_Poenaru
geuss you are wrong, as the real inventor of the fountain pen is a romanian called Petrache Poenaru
January 31, 2010 5:38 AM
Petrache Poenaru was born in 1799 - EIGHT centuries after the invention of fountain pen!