Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

  1. George Fountain

  2. Charles Kettering

  3. Lewis Edson Waterman

  4. Sir William Grove
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Lewis Edson Waterman, an insurance salesman, invented the practical fountain pen in 1884 after losing a sale due to a leaking pen. His design solved the leakage problems of earlier fountain pens and established the Waterman pen company.

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