Lewis Edson Waterman
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Lewis Edson Waterman (1837, Decatur, New York – May 1, 1901) was the inventor of the capillary feed fountain pen.
In 1883, Lewis was an insurance broker in New York City. The anecdote for the creation of his pen was that he was about to sign an important contract when his pen leaked, he went to get another and when he returned, a rival had stolen the account. He then began to manufacture fountain pens in his brother’s workshop. He used the capillarity principle that allowed air to produce a steady flow of ink. He guaranteed the pens for five years. By 1899, Lewis Waterman had opened a factory in Montreal. In 1901, after his death, his nephew, Frank D. Waterman took over the business overseas and increased sales to 350,000 pens per year.
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