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THE PENCIL

  • 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

    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?

    Who invented it?
    Conrad von Gesner invented it.