Ichiro's 2001 total of 242 hits was the highest since 1930. In the Top 12 single-season total for hits, only Ichiro's 2001 and 2004 seasons have come since 1930. Ichiro clearly is hitting in a tougher era. Babe Ruth never had more than 240 hits in a season.
More history and information on: pencils, pens, erasers, pencils, pencil sharpeners, ballpoint pens, and more. No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had - Samuel Johnson. A Hungarian journalist named Laszlo Biro invented the first ballpoint pen in 1938.Biro had noticed that the type of ink used in newspaper printing dried quickly, leaving the paper dry and smudge-free.his principle of the ballpoint pen actually dates back to an 1888 patent owned by John J. Loud for a product to mark leather. However, this patent was commercially unexploited. Laszlo Biro first patented his pen in 1938, and applied for a fresh patent in Argentina on June 10, 1943.
600-1800 AD The Europeans found that writing on parchment with a quill pen altered the style of their writing. At first they used capital letters all the time, but later they developed faster styles with small letters.Quill Pens (firstly appeared in Seville, Spain) were the writing instrument from 600 to 1800 AD. 1790s Pencil lead was invented independently in France and Australia.1800-1850 A metal pen point has been patented in 1803 but patent was not commercially exploited. Steel nibs came into common use in the 1830s.round 3000 BC The Egyptians developed a form of writing with pictures. For writing on papyrus scrolls scribes used thin reed brushes or reed pens. 1300 BC The Romans have been developing form of writing, that they scribed into thin sheets of wax (on wooden tablets).