 Telegraph.co.uk | If you want to write like Hemingway... Telegraph.co.uk But you are unlikely to hear this if you write with a cheap ballpoint and its viscous, blobby ink. For gratification of this sort, a fountain pen is required. And the written trail it must leave is, for best effect, a dense black water‑based ink. |
 ABC7Chicago.com | Old Illinois weather records remarkably accurate Chicago Tribune They were recorded in the 1820s and '30s with quill and ink at what was once known as Fort Armstrong on Rock Island. Angel said the readings show temperatures not far from current averages. He said that means they were likely pretty accurate. Weather records from 1800s prove fairly accurate |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Fountain pen sales double Telegraph.co.uk ... said: “I use a quill; always have done, always will. Those from a peacock's wing feather are both sturdy and well balanced, and in plentiful supply about my garden.” As well as claiming that ink pens improve their handwriting, readers said that ... |
 Wired News | In Defense of Literary Stunts Wired News By AJ Jacobs I'm scratching out this article on natural parchment with a goose-quill pen dipped in black ink. I'm conducting a grand experiment to see whether using antiquated technology changes how I write. When Nietzsche started using a typewriter, ... |
STATE CLIMATOLOGIST DIGS UP HISTORICAL WEATHER RECORDS FOR ILLINOIS Decatur Tribune Records were hand written with ink and quill. They analyzed temperature readings taken three times daily at 7 am, 2 pm, and 9 pm at what was then called Fort Armstrong on Rock Island from 1820 to 1836. The temperature records appeared to be accurate, ... |
