the history of the pen (and how it works)

[Spike]

I found this on a really neat website. Tells of the history of the ball point pen and why and how it works.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/pen.htm

how and why modern day "plastic" pens became so cheap and total history:
http://home.howstuffworks.com/frame...ventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa101697.htm