Remex FP Belonging to Professor T.S.C. Lowe circa 1890. Early dropper filler, Aiken Lambert nib. Hard rubber. Overall excellent condition. Measures 5.75" Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe (Aug 20, 1832 – Jan 16, 1913), aka Professor T. S. C. Lowe, was an American Civil War aeronaut, scientist and inventor, mostly self-educated in the fields of chemistry, meteorology, and aeronautics, and the father of military aerial reconnaissance in the United States. At the onset of the American Civil War, he offered his services performing aerial reconnaissance on the Confederate troops for the Union Army. In July 1861 Lowe was appointed Chief Aeronaut of the Union Army Balloon Corps by President Abraham Lincoln. His inventions and patents on this process and ice making machines made him a millionaire. In 1887 he moved to Los Angeles, California, and eventually built a 24,000 sq. ft. (2,230 m2) home in Pasadena. In 1891 Lowe began construction of what would become the Mount Lowe Railway into the hills above Altadena. The railway opened on July 4, 1893, and was met with quick interest and success but by 1899 Lowe had gone into receivership and eventually lost the railway. Lowe's fortunes had been all but lost, and he lived out his remaining days at his daughter's home in Pasadena, where he died at age 80. Included in this lot is the pen, and a book about the Mt. Lowe Railway.