Multiple choice general knowledge

Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

  1. Lewis Edson Waterman

  2. Sir William Grove

  3. Charles Kettering

  4. George Fountain
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Explanation

Lewis Edson Waterman invented the practical fountain pen in 1884. He was an insurance salesman who lost a sale contract when his pen leaked, prompting him to invent a reliable pen with a capillary feed system. William Grove invented fuel cells, Kettering developed the electric starter and leaded gasoline, and George Fountain is not a historical inventor.

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