The History of the Pencil

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The history of the pencil: Part 3

Soon after the discovery of the graphite deposits, the English government quickly took the mines over because of it's use for lining the moulds of cannonballs. Graphite had to be smuggled out of the mine to be used for pencils.

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The History of the Pencil

By Timothy Funk

My report on the pencil.

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