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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:40:52 EST
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- From: "Thomas J. Lee" <tjl9@CUNIXF.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Ink-bottle design
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- In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 21 Dec 1992 12:54:01 EST
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- Brad writes:
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- B>Below is a crude drawing (Hey! It's my first one online) of the Mont
- B>Blanc ink bottle. Is there some advantage to this design -- the fact
- B>that it has that small dam between the two reservoirs?
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- If the dam weren't there, and if there weren't much ink in the
- bottle, you'd have to pick up the bottle and tilt it in order to dip
- your pen, and you'd have to stick the pen all the way down to the bottom
- of the bottle, getting ink on the pen and your fingers. The small
- reservoir gives you a higher ink level in such cases.
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- Thomas J. Lee, amateur calligrapher (who gets ink all over his fingers
- anyway)
-