The ink used in a fountain pen, the ballpoint’s predecessor, is thinner to facilitate better flow through the nib—but put that thinner ink inside a ballpoint pen, and you’ll end up with a ...

Who knew there was a pen specially designed for women? The Bic pen "For Her" might be the first of its kind, but that didn't prevent Amazon.com reviewers from offering up snarky, sarcastic reviews ...

Silver-based ink, flowing from a ballpoint pen, write circuits that power lights. Skip to main content. Scientific American. December 23, 2015. 2 min read.

Synthetic Dyes. Patents for ballpoint pens go back to the late 1800s, but it took half a century to develop good, fast-drying inks. Bic, Pilot, and other makers jealously guard their formulas, but ...

Continual efforts to improve the ball-point type of pen and the ink it uses are apparently being made by some, but not all, manufacturers of them. The questions which Messrs. Stein and Hilton raise as ...