the pencil

By chunky rooster :)
  • Mar 4, 1565

    first pencil discovered

    The pencil was invented in 1565 in England, when a large amount of graphite was discovered
  • Mar 8, 1565

    another way the internet said it was invented

    it was invented more than 400 years ago

  • prodution of pencils

    there was a mass prodution in 1662 and who invented it it was a dispute back then so no one knows

  • the eraser

    charles goodyear rubber manufacturing invented the first eraser

  • the eraser

    The eraser wasn't added to the pencil until March 30, 1858.

  • the lead pencil

    it was invented by a man named charles keeran

  • rollerball

    In 1977 a new type of ballpoint that uses low-viscosity ink was introduced - the Rollerball

  • pencil grading

    Pencils vary in hardness, and the system in the United States ranks pencils by their hardness. The range goes from #1 to #4, with #1 being the softest--and therefore darkest--pencil.

  • the pencil

    A typical pencil can draw a line 35 miles long or write about 45,000 words.

  • no more lead poisining

    they make pencils out of clay and graphite now instead of lead that can kill you from lead poisining