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Weaver, Caroline (3 November 2018). Why the pencil is perfect | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED series. L. 6 febbraio 1948, n. 29". Archived from the original on 9 October 2012 . Retrieved 1 August 2011. Roald Dahl used only pencils with yellow casing to write his books. He had 6 sharpened pencils ready at the beginning of each day and only when all 6 pencils became unusable did he resharpen them. [81] Joseph Dixon, an inventor and entrepreneur involved with the Tantiusques graphite mine in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, developed a means to mass-produce pencils. By 1870, The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company was the world's largest dealer and consumer of graphite and later became the contemporary Dixon Ticonderoga pencil and art supplies company. [28] [29]

The value of graphite would soon be realised to be enormous, mainly because it could be used to line the moulds for cannonballs; the mines were taken over by the Crown and were guarded. When sufficient stores of graphite had been accumulated, the mines were flooded to prevent theft until more was required. History of Koh-i-noor Hardmuth company". Koh-i-noor Hardmuth company. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015 . Retrieved 11 September 2015. American colonists imported pencils from Europe until after the American Revolution. Benjamin Franklin advertised pencils for sale in his Pennsylvania Gazette in 1729, and George Washington used a three inches (7.5cm) pencil when he surveyed the Ohio Country in 1762. [26] [ bettersourceneeded] William Munroe, a cabinetmaker in Concord, Massachusetts, made the first American wood pencils in 1812. This was not the only pencil-making occurring in Concord. According to Henry Petroski, transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau discovered how to make a good pencil out of inferior graphite using clay as the binder; this invention was prompted by his father's pencil factory in Concord, which employed graphite found in New Hampshire in 1821 by Charles Dunbar. [7] Although Conté/Thoreau's equivalence table is widely accepted, [ citation needed] not all manufacturers follow it; for example, Faber-Castell uses a different equivalence table in its Grip 2001 pencils: 1 = 2B, 2 = B, 2½ = HB, 3 = H, 4 = 2H.

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Pencil, from Old French pincel, from Latin penicillus a "little tail" (see penis; pincellus is Latin from the post-classical period [1]) originally referred to an artist's fine brush of camel hair, also used for writing before modern lead or chalk pencils. [2] Bennett, Howard J. (26 November 2014). "Ever wondered about the lead in pencils?". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 6 November 2015 . Retrieved 5 October 2015. Numbers as designation were first used by Conté and later by John Thoreau, father of Henry David Thoreau, in the 19th century. [c] Interesting information about the company". Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016 . Retrieved 12 October 2016. One effect of this was that "during World War II rotary pencil sharpeners were outlawed in Britain because they wasted so much scarce lead and wood, and pencils had to be sharpened in the more conservative manner – with knives." [30]

Types By marking material Two solid, or "woodless", graphite pencils, two charcoal pencils, and two grease pencils Coloured pencils Promotional pencils GraphiteO'Shaughnessy, Lynn (22 July 2010). "Why Are Pencils Yellow?". CBS News MoneyWatch . Retrieved 24 July 2021. Harper, Douglas (27 June 2012). "pencil". Online Etymology Dictionary. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012 . Retrieved 27 June 2012. Lead Facts - Uses, Properties, Element Pb, Plumbing, Pipes, Weights". www.sciencekids.co.nz. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016 . Retrieved 29 October 2016. Manufacturers distinguish their pencils by grading them, but there is no common standard. [62] Two pencils of the same grade but different manufacturers will not necessarily make a mark of identical tone nor have the same hardness. [a] Simmons, Mac (April 2000). "The Pencil Hardness Test". Woodwork: 76. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 . Retrieved 13 September 2007.

Derwent Manufacturing Process". Pencils.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013 . Retrieved 23 July 2009. Watercolor pencils are designed for use with watercolor techniques. Their cores can be diluted by water. The pencils can be used by themselves for sharp, bold lines. Strokes made by the pencil can also be saturated with water and spread with brushes. [39] By use CarpentryHistorian Henry Petroski notes that while ever more efficient means of mass production of pencils has driven the replacement cost of a pencil down, before this people would continue to use even the stub of a pencil. For those who did not feel comfortable using a stub, pencil extenders were sold. These devices function something like a porte-crayon...the pencil stub can be inserted into the end of a shaft...Extenders were especially common among engineers and draftsmen, whose favorite pencils were priced dearly. The use of an extender also has the advantage that the pencil does not appreciably change its heft as it wears down." [30] Artists use extenders to maximize the use of their colored pencils. Eagle Pencil Company applied for the trademark Mirado in 1947 (US Trademark 71515261). It is common belief that this was an attempt to disassociate the pencil brand from Japan, as one of the meanings of Mikado is emperor of Japan. Pencils create marks by physical abrasion, leaving a trail of solid core material that adheres to a sheet of paper or other surface. They are distinct from pens, which dispense liquid or gel ink onto the marked surface.

Gel Eyeliner Pencil by ULTA". Archived from the original on 17 November 2017 . Retrieved 15 November 2017.

Petroski, Henry (1990). The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-394-57422-2. Unlike wax-based colored pencils, the erasable variants can be easily erased. Their main use is in sketching, where the objective is to create an outline using the same color that other media (such as wax pencils, or watercolor paints) would fill [45] or when the objective is to scan the color sketch. [46] Some animators prefer erasable color pencils as opposed to graphite pencils because they do not smudge as easily, and the different colors allow for better separation of objects in the sketch. [47] Copy-editors find them useful too as markings stand out more than those of graphite, but can be erased.