ballpoint pen

Summary

ballpoint pen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (808 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• ballpoint pen is credited with the discovery of John J. Loud^[2].
• ballpoint pen's video is recorded as Kugelschreiber-und-Papier.ogv^[3].
• ballpoint pen's image is recorded as 03-BICcristal2008-03-26.jpg^[4].
• Maik is named after ballpoint pen^[5].
• László Bíró is named after ballpoint pen^[6].
• ballpoint pen's follows is recorded as Sergent-Major^[7].
• ballpoint pen's GND ID is recorded as 4528360-6^[8].
• ballpoint pen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85011222^[9].
• ballpoint pen's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17031939h^[10].
• ballpoint pen's subclass of is recorded as pen^[11].
• ballpoint pen's subclass of is recorded as stationery^[12].
• ballpoint pen's Commons category is recorded as Ballpens^[13].
• ballpoint pen's Unicode character is recorded as 🖊^[14].
• ballpoint pen's has part is recorded as bearing ball^[15].
• +1888-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of ballpoint pen^[16].
• ballpoint pen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1888-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• ballpoint pen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01f_5^[18].
• ballpoint pen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ballpens^[19].
• ballpoint pen's Commons gallery is recorded as Ballpoint^[20].
• ballpoint pen's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300022453^[21].
• ballpoint pen's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 406163^[22].
• ballpoint pen's patent number is recorded as US392046^[23].
• ballpoint pen's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0085265^[24].
• ballpoint pen's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/ballpoint-pen^[25].
• ballpoint pen's FAST ID is recorded as 825853^[26].

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Works and Contributions

ballpoint pen is credited with the discovery of John J. Loud^[2].

Why It Matters

ballpoint pen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (808 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]