GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Lewis Waterman invented a superior fountain pen that made inkwells and dip pens obsolete. Waterman was born in Decatur, New York. With only five years of schooling, he worked as a teacher, carpenter, and book salesman before becoming an insurance agent.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lewis Waterman invented the modern fountain pen in 1884 by harnessing capillary action to smoothly pull ink from the reservoir, through the feed, out of the nib.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 12th February 1884 Waterman patented fountain pen on his name and, at first, he assembled pens himself.