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  2. List of obsolete units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Salt spoon – used in the U.S., up to and possibly after of the American Revolution. Four salt spoons equaled one teaspoon. [14] Seah; Ser; Shipping ton – a unit of volume defined as 50 cu ft (1.4 m 3) Stuck; Wineglass – used in the U.S., up to and possibly after of the American Revolution. One wineglass equaled 1 ⁄ 4 cup. [14]

  3. Pen - Wikipedia

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    A luxury pen. A pen is a common writing instrument that applies ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. [1] Early pens such as reed pens, quill pens, dip pens and ruling pens held a small amount of ink on a nib or in a small void or cavity that had to be periodically recharged by dipping the tip of the pen into an inkwell.

  4. List of pen types, brands and companies - Wikipedia

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    A pen is a handheld device used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. [1] Additional types of specialized pens are used in specific types of applications and environments such as in artwork, electronics, digital scanning and spaceflight, and computing.

  5. Category:Fountain pen and ink manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 19 January 2021, at 01:39 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. List of defunct newspapers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Interestingly, it was the only country weekly in the United States to have its own cartoonist, providing readers with lively cartoons on county subjects in every issue. [ 247 ] [ 248 ] While its print edition is history, it has been transmuted into a digital-only format.

  7. Parker 51 - Wikipedia

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    The pen and the ink were both named "51" to mark 1939, the company's 51st anniversary, during which development for the pen was completed (U.S. design patent No. 116,097, U.S. patent 2,223,541 filed). By giving the pen a number instead of a name, Parker avoided the problem of translating a name into other languages.

  8. Reed pen - Wikipedia

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    Reed pens with regular features such as a split nib have been found in Ancient Egyptian sites dating from the 4th century BC. Reed pens were used for writing on papyrus, and were the most common writing implement in antiquity. In Mesopotamia and Sumer, reed pens were used by pressing the tips into clay tablets to create written records, using ...

  9. Hergé - Wikipedia

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    Remi continued publishing cartoons, drawings and woodcuts in subsequent issues of the newsletter, which was soon renamed Le Boy-Scout Belge (The Belgian Boy Scout). During this time, he experimented with different pseudonyms, using "Jérémie" and "Jérémiades" before settling on "Hergé", the French pronunciation of his reversed initials (R.G.)