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2. Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth - Wikipedia

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   At the 1889 World Fair in Paris, the Hardtmuths displayed their pencils rebranded as "Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth". Each pencil was encased in a yellow cedar-wood barrel. The inspiration for the name was the Koh-i-Noor diamond (Persian for "Mountain of Light"), part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, and the largest diamond in the world at the ...

3. Joseph Hardtmuth - Wikipedia

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   Until that time, whole pieces, cut from graphite, were glued in between wood and were imported from England. With the new method, graphite of inferior quality could be used in pencil manufacturing, lowering the price and making the product more accessible for the masses. His company Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth still exists.

4. Pencil - Wikipedia

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   This method of manufacture, which had been earlier discovered by the Austrian Joseph Hardtmuth, the founder of the Koh-I-Noor in 1790, remains in use. In 1802, the production of graphite leads from graphite and clay was patented by the Koh-I-Noor company in Vienna. [24] In England, pencils continued to be made from whole sawn graphite.

5. Why is the Koh-i-Noor diamond so controversial? - AOL

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   The huge diamond is steeped in history and controversy over how it came to be in the possession of British royalty

6. Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond

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   Introduction. The introduction of the book describes the event at the center of contemporary controversy, which is that the East India Company compelled 10-year-old Duleep Singh, heir to the Sikh Empire, to agree to the 1849 Treaty of Lahore, and its stipulation that he give the Koh-i-Noor to the East India Company.

7. Koh-i-noor diamond in coronation ‘could bring back painful ...

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   The Koh-i-noor diamond was seized by the East India Company in 1849 when it was presented to Queen Victoria and became part of the Crown Jewels.

8. Why is the Koh-i-Noor diamond so controversial? - AOL

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9. Koh-i-Noor - Wikipedia

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   The presentation of the Koh-i-Noor by the East India Company to the queen was the latest in a long history of transfers of the diamond as a coveted spoil of war. [49] Duleep Singh had been placed in the guardianship of Dr John Spencer Login, a surgeon in the East India Company Army serving in the Presidency of Bengal. Duleep Singh moved to ...