advancement of science of his time. He
was a militant for the introduction of the
m e t r i c- d e c i m a l i n Wa l l a c h i a .
He
contributed to the development of
scientific printed Romanian heritage,
which was quite weak in the middle of the
19th century and translated the first
c o u r s e s i n g e o m e t r y a n d a l g e b ra
“ E l e m e n t s o f A l g e b r a A p p e l t a u e r,
translated into Latin with some
modifications of P. Poenaru and together
with Aaron Florian and G. Hill, develops
the first French-Romanian dictionary.
In the history of
universal inventive,
Petrache Poenaru is
known as the creator of
the first heel pumps,
known at that time as
“stilograf”. At only 28
years old, Petrache
Poenaru patented the
first fountain pen in the
world
in Vienna and
then in Paris in 1827 (when he was a
student), entitled “Endless pen fueling
itself with ink ” and becomes the owner of
the first patent obtained by a Romanian.
The patent does not
only show Romanian
student ingenuity, it
also shows the
originality
of
conception, as simple
as it is practical.
Petrache Poenaru’s
i n v e n t i o n
revolutionized the
field of writing
instruments, thereby
creating an object used today by billions
of people. “ Poenaru ” pen with ink tank
was a forerunner of the modern pen ,
removed scratches on paper and ink
leakages and proposed solutions to
improve parts so as to ensure a steady
flow of ink and the possibility of replacing
parts .
His system to push ink to the top of the
pen was fitted by gentle pressure of the
pipe, which is great progress in this area
and will later lead to the invention of the
piston. But Poenaru failed or was not
sufficiently strong in using his invention.
Later, Lewis Edson Waterman took the
Romanian idea, transforming it into a pen
that could be filled its quill, in 1884,
producing a more secure flow of ink.
In the last decades of the twentieth
century, with the growing popularity of
cheap writing objects, pens were used
only as a less popular option. But today
they are gaining more attention,
becoming a form of representation of
personal style, a modern accessory, a
collector’s item or a status symbol.
Pen with blower
Petrache Poenaru is the first Romanian
who traveled by train. On 15 September
1830, the UK opened the first railway in
the world, which linked Liverpool and
Manchester. On 27 October 1831, the
young man Petrache Poenaru , being on a
journey to study in England said: “I made
this trip with a new vehicle of transport,
which is one of the century’s industrial
wonders … Twenty carriages linked with
each other, loaded with 240 people are
dragged by a single steam engine … “
For his merits, P. Poenaru was rewarded
with the titles ” Mare Comis ” ( 1834 ) , ”
Mare
Culcer
” ( 1841 ) and ” Aga
” ( 1851 ) .
This is undeniably
the
story
of
Romanian Petrache
Poenaru, inventor of
the pen, perhaps too
little known ,
perhaps too little
mentioned.