Today in 1894, African American inventor, William B. Purvis patented an ‘Electric Railway’. This was just one of several patents obtained in his life. In 1890 he also patented the fountain pen. Purvis’ pen was the first of its kind. This invention made it possible to eliminate the need to carry around a bottle of ink, in that it provided a reservoir to hold ink inside the pen. His biography shows that he spent 40 years from 1884-1897 inventing and patenting things such as bag machines, hand stamps and a bag fastener.
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