GUEST: According to her note, it was done by Thomas Edison. My grandfather didn't get ... It's called an electric pen. APPRAISER: But it technically isn't a pen in that, in that it writes with ...

It is Thomas Edison's electric pen. By the time he got around to making it, Edison was 28. He had been granted nearly 100 patents and had spent most of his adult life tinkering with telegraphs.

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Click here to read the complete patent (6/22/1869) Source: Thomas Edison Papers ELECTRIC PEN: Preceded by the perforated pen, which punched holes in telegraphs, this electric pen created a stencil ...

In 1876, Thomas Edison patented the electric pen. Two decades later, a New Yorker named Samuel O'Reilly modified Edison's invention to create the first tattoo machine. Neither had the faintest ...

By adapting Thomas Edison's design for an electric pen, O’Reilly created a tattoo machine with a reciprocating motor that powered a needle, which was faster and less painful than previous hand methods ...

Here’s how it works. Thomas Edison didn't just have telegraphs and light bulbs on his mind — the U.S. innovator marketed an electric car battery in the early 20th century. The same nickel-iron ...

Thomas Edison (1847–1931), electric pen, 1876 nickel-plated flywheel, cast iron, steel stylus and electric motor Collection of Brad Fink, Daredevil Tattoo NYC Bob Wicks (1902–1990), flash ...