(A sketch of Saturn by Galileo)<\/em><\/p>\nThe idea for the pencil came much later in human history and quite by accident. Some time prior to about 1560, graphite was discovered near Borrowdale, England, supposedly when a large tree was uprooted in a storm, exposing a black substance beneath its roots.<\/p>\n
Because graphite is soft, it requires some form of encasement. \u00a0Graphite sticks were initially wrapped in string or sheepskin for stability. Shortly after, a superior technique was discovered: two wooden halves were carved, a graphite stick inserted, and the halves then glued together\u2014essentially the same method in use to this day.<\/p>\n
Because graphite is soft, it requires some form of encasement. \u00a0Graphite sticks were initially wrapped in string or sheepskin for stability. Shortly after, a superior technique was discovered: two wooden halves were carved, a graphite stick inserted, and the halves then glued together\u2014essentially the same method in use to this day.<\/p>\n
Although the pencil was first officially documented in 1565 by Conrad Gesner, and its invention is sometimes attributed to him, it wasn’t until the late 1700s that manufacturing techniques similar to those practiced today were developed.<\/p>\n
The method of making pencils was painstakingly slow, so Joseph Dixon, an inventor and entrepreneur, developed a means to mass-produce pencils. By 1870, The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company was the world\u2019s largest dealer and consumer of graphite and later became the contemporary Dixon Ticonderoga pencil and art supplies company.<\/p>\n
In 1858, Hymen Lipman did us all a great favor when he received the first patent for attaching an eraser to the end of a pencil. As we continue to use the pencil to help sketch the future, we can also rely on the eraser to make a few revisions along the way.<\/p>\n
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Writers, artists and draftsmen are just some of the creative types whose lives and careers have been transformed by these ingenious tools. Celebrated novelist John Steinbeck used 300 pencils to write East of Eden<\/em>. Trail-blazing animator and entrepreneur Walt Disney first sketched Mickey Mouse\u2019s ears with a pencil and the rest is history.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Pen-Pencil-2-300x177.jpg\" "\\"Pen")
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