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The PencilBy: Tanvi Iyer 5AB12th of January 2011

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Invention of the

Pencil

Where/WhatA pencil is a resource we use in our every day lives. The

people of Seathwaite village a country in Cumbria discovereda huge pit of graphite near a sleepy hamlet. Later on they

learned that this hard resource could be used to mark theircattle or sheep so they could distinguish and keep count on

how many their are.

Who/WhenIn Germany 1662 the first attempt to make pencil cores from

powdered graphite was successful. Another man namedNicholas Jacques Conte a French man succeeded in making apencil core too in 1795. he used a mixture which had firedclay and graphite. The same technique was used by anotherman called Joseph Hardtmuth from Austria who actually

discovered it five years before but never popularized hiseffort.HowThe way it is made now a days has dried ground graphite, a

form of carbon which is mixed with clay and water.Pencils with more clay tend to be harder and pencils with

more graphite tend to be softer.

Fun FactsDid You know that the modern pencil is actually a newversion of a roman writing instrement called a stylus whichscribes used. It was a thin metal rod that left a light but wasreadable on papyrus

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Dates1564 - The pencil was invented in Seathwaite village avillage in Cumbria, England discovered a huge pit ofgraphite near a sleepy hamlet. When the pit was discovered

then pure graphite sheets were created and cut into squarerods.

1662 - In Germany the first attempt to make a pencil frompowdered Graphite was successful.

1761 - The company Faber Castelle was founded as a pencilfactory in 1761. It was owned and managed by Count Anton

Wolfgang Von.1795 - In 1795 a French officer Nicholas Jacques Conteinvented and patented the first quality pencil on earth.

1822 - As the wooden pencil evolved the new pencil themechanical pencil was introduced. It was invented bySampson Mordan and Gabriel Riddle.

1858 - Hyman Lipman invented the first pencil with an eraseron top.

1890 - The first color pencil was invented in 1890.

1897 - A sharpener called John Lee loves pencil sharpenerwas patented on November 23, 1897.

1915 - A mechanical pencil called Ever-Sharp pencil wasinvented.It was an amazing invention that everyone wanted to buy.

Now a days we have pencil grips, pencils with designs andshaped pencil sharpeners. The pencil has changed in a lot ofways.

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