Lead Pencils.
Lead pencils have no lead in them. The heart of a pencil is graphite, sometimes called plumbago Such pencils have been in use over three centuries, but began to become popular about a hundred .years ago. Henry D Thoreau, of Concord, a literary man of recognised ability, made pencils, but he lacked enterprise The firm of Faber, Nuremberg, Germany, was the first to establish a great pencil factory. Several firms flourished in England, the great Barrowdale mine furnishing a superior quality of graphite.
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Progress, Volume II, Issue 2, 1 December 1906, Page 55
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85Lead Pencils. Progress, Volume II, Issue 2, 1 December 1906, Page 55
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