It is thought that sometime before 1565, a very large graphite deposit was discovered in England. The locals found that the graphite from the deposit was very useful to mark their sheep. The graphite was very unique in that it broke down into stick shapes, in was very pure and solid.
In 1795 a new method was discovered in creating the pencils, this method consisted of mixing powdered graphite with clay in which was molded into rods and fired inside a kiln. This in turn led to the variations of graphite hardness, which can be seen by the lightness or darkness of the mark left behind on paper. By the 1780’s a company known as the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company was the world’s largest distributor and producer of the graphite pencil. As time went on and by the end of the 19th century over 240,000 pencils were being used each day in the United States. The most loved casing in those days was made of red cedar, an eye appealing and nose pleasing write utensil. The red cedar casing pencil has a great reputation of not splintering when sharpened as well. Britain had to go as far as declaring it illegal to use pencil sharpeners on cedar cased pencils and manufactures had to recycles old barns and fences to make more pencils of this nature.
Some Interesting Facts and Most Known Pencil Users
- Thomas Edison loved his pencils so much he had his made specifically made by a company known as Eagle Pencil. Edison’s pencils were to be made exactly three inches in length and the lead was to be thicker than the normal pencil.
- vincent van gogh a very famous artist would only use Faber pencils.
- John Steinbeck was said to be a compulsive pencil users. So compulsive in fact it was not uncommon for him to have used up to 60 pencils a day.
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wow. I just know the origin of the pencil. thx for the info
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