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Twist-Erase III Mechanical Pencils feature ... stabilizes lead to reduce lead breakage Latex-free grip delivers maximum comfort and control With the jumbo Twist-Up Eraser, you'll suffer no smudges ...

Before the discovery of the eraser, people did use bread ... because no better pencil material than pure metallic lead was known. And perhaps in an attempt to excuse himself for the material ...

“The leads inside are often broken ... held in place by a metal cuff. Every pencil we tested has an eraser on the end, a No. 2 or HB core, and a wooden, hexagonal barrel. Photo: Sarah Witman ...

Additionally, the pencil comes with an extendable eraser. While the lead clicks out of one end, the replaceable eraser advances out of the other with a twist. Most Case-Worthy : Yard-O-Led sounds like ...

Was sticking an eraser on the back of a pencil common sense, or a new invention? zimmytws/iStock On this day in 1868, Philadelphia stationery store owner H.L. Lipman patented something that ...

Erasers as we know them today are a relatively ... adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the mark of black lead pencil." The substance was rubber. 3. Erasers were invented by accident.

The pencil “lead” is actually a mixture of graphite and clay. More clay in the mixture makes the lead harder. A harder lead has a higher number. Pencils are numbered from 1-3 but most people use a ...