point filed away into the shape of ment how the first pens were blued in a frying pan over a and yet firm enough to strike a sharp, heavy biow—had to apen. The first actual supply of such pens, it is believed— garret fire. This was at the period when the pens were sold singly, at high prices. Even… … the young workman resolved ‘at last his house’ in the to transfer himself to Bir- Westbourne Road, Edgbas- mingham, where, owing to ton, and his residence at the variety of occupations, a Stanmore, near London, were crowded with works of Tur- remained others not less formidable, such as tempering…
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