History of the invention and illustrated process of making Foley's diamond pointed gold pens . rest to the curious reader to trace the progress and persistentinventive skill, which has been illustrated in the Steamboat by Fitchand Fulton, in the Telegraph by Morse, in the Sewing Machine byHowe, the Power Press by Hoe, the Reaper by McCormick, andHard Rubber by Goodyear, it is no less a subject of interest to knowthe gradual steps by which the knowledge of making a perfect anddurable Gold Pen was reached. The Gold Pen, as we know it and use it to-day, was the invention of an English engineer, J
History of the invention and illustrated process of making Foley's diamond pointed gold pens . rest to the curious reader to trace the progress and persistentinventive skill, which has been illustrated in the Steamboat by Fitchand Fulton, in the Telegraph by Morse, in the Sewing Machine byHowe, the Power Press by Hoe, the Reaper by McCormick, andHard Rubber by Goodyear, it is no less a subject of interest to knowthe gradual steps by which the knowledge of making a perfect anddurable Gold Pen was reached. The Gold Pen, as we know it and use it to-day, was the invention of an English engineer, John Isaac Hawkins by name, who taking up this subject by way of experiment, followedit (literally) from point to point for upwards of Thirty Years,until he hit upon the material now generally adopted, called Iridium,and from this hard substance succeeded in making the so-called Diamond Point, which is the great characteristic feature of the Gold Pen. Aftermaking and dealing in these Pens in England for several years, finally came to the United States, having sold his interest 49. C BLANK PRESS AND DIE. After the bar of gold is rolled into a long thin ribbon, the blank Pen C is cutfrom it in two rows. One long strip or ribbon will cut from five hundred to a thousandblanks. The cutter is a lever press—with die set. The blank as it is cut drops throughinto a drawer underneath. This blank Pen is now ready for the 50 in the business to an American firm, who were the first in the fieldhere. Mr. Hawkins was horn in England about the year 1775, anddied eight or ten years since in Bordentown, N. J., when about 90years of age. In the advanced yeais of his life, he took muchpleasure in relating his first experiments in pen making, giving manyinteresting details of his persistent efforts during several years tosecure success. From the statements thus made, and from othervaluable information obtained by me while in Europe in 1863, I amable to compile the following interesting a
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