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ballpoint pen
A pen that employs as its writing point a small ball bearing that rolls against and picks up semi-solid ink from a reservoir. It was invented by John Loud in 1888 but Lazlo Biro was the first to make a reliable model in 1938, which was patented in 1943.
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