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nt the first "fountain pen " to ball point pens 211 replaceable bottom part (at 8) should release a drop of ink; persistent pressure should assure a steady ink supply. The unenciphered and expanded reprinting of this invention would indicate that there was interest in Schwenter's invention — which, as one can see right away, is quite complicated and would be flawed since the vacuum holding back the ink supply could never be assured and the exact fit of the nib part would be hard to accomplish. Planche JVeuf/'fm/t. Pajt lll. 2: Nicolas Bion (1652-1733) Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathematique (1709): "Plume sansfin" or endless quill' 3. Nicolas Bion 's Proposal for an All-Metal "Endless Quill" in the Early 18th Century Understandably, Schwenter's invention does not appear to have had any lasting success, and it took almost another 100 years until Nicolas Bion proposed his own "Plume sans fin." Bion (1652-1733) was a mathematician and engineer in the service of Louis XIV. His "endless quill" was first described in a 1709 Traicté de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathematique 5 - Paris 1709, text on 86, ill. after 94. Edtion used: Paris 1723, 88., ill. after 96. German translation as Mathematische Werck=Schule [...]. Leipzig, 1713; text on 89-90, identical Illustration after 110.