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Paraffin-coated reservoir

Patent drawing showing four views of a 19th-century fountain pen: an open front view with labeled nib and internal parts (A, B, C, G, I, a), a longitudinal cross-section revealing the internal glass feed-tube and reservoir, a closed side view with cap, and an enlarged detail of the holder's end mechanism with rubber sleeve and glass tube.

Fountain-PensJohn W. Stanton · October 9, 1877

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