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700 BCE
Early Writing Tools
The Roman scribes were the first ones to use a thin metal rod to write. -
1564
Discovering Graphite
A graphite deposit was discovered in Borrowdale, England. Graphite was first wrapped in strings; later on it was inserted in wooden sticks giving birth to wooden pencils. -
Earliest Mechanical Pencil
The earliest mechanical pencil is believed to be from the year of 1636. -
Pencil Mass Production
Pencils were first mass produced in Nuremberg, Germany. -
First American Pencil Maker
The first man to make wooden pencils in America was William Monroe in Concord, Massachusetts. -
Mechanical Pencil Patent
The fist mechanical pencil patent was applied until the year 1822 by John Hawkins and Sampson Mordan. -
Pencil Factories in the US
In the late 19th century German pencil manufacturing factories were established in New York and New Jersey. -
Painting Wood Pencils
Pencils were originally unpainted but by the 1890s they started to be factory painted and imprinted with the factory name; that is where the original yellow pencil started.
