pencils

     

A pencil is a writing or rawing instrument consisting of a thin stick of pigment (usually graphite, but can also be coloured pigment or charcoal) and clay, usually encased in a thin wood cylinder, though paper and plastic sheaths are also used. Pencils are distinct from pens, which use a liquid marking material.

Trivia about pencils

  • Ticonderoga is no. 1 in making no. 2 these, introduced in 1913
  • The Virginia cedar is used to make these; the wood sharpens easily yet still supports the lead
  • The College Board advises bringing 2 of the No. 2 types of these to the SAT
  • After graphite deposits were discovered in 1564, the British began making "marking stones"&, later, these
  • In 1827 Joseph Dixon founded a factory to make stove polish & these from graphite

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