the pencil

  • 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