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2017 BCE
TODAYS PENCILS
A pencil is a writing implement or art medium constructed of a narrow they are also large and thin. -
1565 BCE
Discovery of graphite deposit
Prior to 1565 a large deposit of graphite was discovered on the approach to Grey Knotts from the hamlet of Seathwaite in Borrowdale England. -
1560 BCE
Prehistoric times
Around 1560 an Italian couple named Simonio and Lyndiana Bernacotti made the close-ups for the modern, wood-boxed woodworking pencil. -
Feb 16, 1564
Who invented it?
Conrad von Gesner invented it.