Re: [Rollei] OT: My New Fountain Pen

[Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza]

 Jerry:
        I was confused due Ladislao Biro is considered
an "argentinean inventor" here and the 29/9, his
birthday, is the Inventor's Day in Argentine. He
really invented the "birome" when he was in Europe,
but he had an special relationship with Justo, the
argentinean President, and this President invited him
to produce the birome in Argentina first. Biro had 32
invents patented and he is very appreciated in
Argentina.-
All the best
Carlos  
- --- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh  > escribió: >
Carlos
> 
> Simple research told me that Biro patented the ball
> point pen in 1938,
> He emigrated to the Argentine in 1940.
> 
> Milton Reynolds sold the first ball point pen in
> 1945, in Gimbels NY
> department store for $12.50.  My father bought one
> then, and I still
> have it.  It never worked right. It skipped and the
> "blurbed" ink all
> over the page.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:
> 
> > Don and Jerry:
> >                              I have something to
> say
> > about the "birome". The "birome" was invented in
> > Argentina by  Ladislao Biro, an Hungarian
> inmigrant at
> > early 50's. Ladislao Biro sold his invent to
> Europe,
> > but this pen was made and commercialized in
> Argentina
> > first. That the "birome" is an "argentinean
> invent" is
> > a well-known fact here.
> > All the best
> > Carlos
> >
> > --- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh  > escribió:
> >
> > Don
> > >
> > > I misspelled his name deliberately as it means
> > > something in French.
> > >
> > > So that is why they are called Biro in Europe.
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > > Don Williams wrote:
> > >
> > > > At 11:18 AM 5/24/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> > > > >John and David
> > > > >
> > > > >Wasn't there a Frenchman named Marcel Biche
> who
> > > invented
> > > > >a writing tool that would make the fountain
> pen
> > > obsolete?
> > > > >Whatever happened to it?
> > > > >
> > > > >Jerry
> > > >
> > > > Very close-
> > > >
> > > > He didn't invent it, he just commercialized
> it:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.scripophily.net/biccorporation.html
> > > >
> > > > You're Wronggggggg!!!!! about the name, it is
> > > spelled "Marcel BICH"
> > > >
> > > > Don Williams
> > > > La Jolla, CA
> > >
> >
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