1. Pencil — 2020-11-30 16:27:31

   …lminated in the establishment of the first pencil factory, which became the Cumberland Pencil Company in 1916. Cumberland pencils were used to create Raymond Briggs's The Snowman. It remains the only large-sca…
   …le deposit of pure solid graphite ever found. == Links == [[http://www.pencilmuseum.co.uk | Pencil museum]] {{tag ids="Pencil Graphite Lead"}}…

2. Eraser — 2020-08-18 10:06:20

   …April 15, 1770: "I have seen a substance excellently adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the mark of black-lead-pencil. ... It is sold by Mr. Nairne, Mathematical Instrument-Maker, opposite the Royal-Exchange." {{Image url="eraser.jpg" cl…
   …h 20, 1817 – November 4, 1893), born to English parents, to have the idea of putting the eraser on the other end of a pencil. He patented his invention on March 30, 1858. {{Tag ids="pencil eraser graphite writing letter "}}…

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