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The Dixon Ticonderoga Company (/ taɪkɒndəˈroʊɡə /) is an American manufacturer of office and art supplies based in Heathrow, Florida. A subsidiary of Italian-based F.I.L.A. SpA, the company offers a number of brands, with one of the most well-known being Ticonderoga: the yellow No. HB 2 pencil known for its distinctive green and yellow ...
A pencil (/ ˈpɛnsəl / ⓘ) is a writing or drawing implement with a solid pigment core in a protective casing that reduces the risk of core breakage and keeps it from marking the user's hand. Pencils create marks by physical abrasion, leaving a trail of solid core material that adheres to a sheet of paper or other surface.
It says pencils are typically used for practical reasons – pens may dry out or spill on to the voting booth. Ink can also transfer on to different parts of the page when the ballot paper is ...
Blackwing 602. Fourth Generation Blackwing 602. The Blackwing 602 is a pencil that is noted for its soft, dark graphite, unique flat square ferrule and replaceable eraser. It was manufactured by the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company from 1934 to 1988, then by the Faber-Castell pencil company from 1988 to 1994 and by Sanford from 1994 to 1998. [1]
Apple Pencil is a line of wireless stylus pen accessories designed and developed by Apple Inc. for use with supported iPad tablets.. The first-generation Apple Pencil was announced alongside the first iPad Pro on September 9, 2015.
derwentart.com. Derwent (formerly the "Cumberland Pencil Company") is a brand of pencils, art materials, and other stationery. The business began in 1832 in Cumberland under the name of "Banks, Son & Co". [1] The company was bought by US corporation ACCO Brands (known then as Rexel) in 1980, [2] and became a brand of their product range.
I, Pencil. A pencil similar to the one described in the essay. " I, Pencil: My Family Tree as Told to Leonard E. Read ", commonly known as " I, Pencil ", is an essay by Leonard Read and it was first published in the December 1958 issue of The Freeman. [1] Wikisource has original text related to this article: I, Pencil.
Nicolas-Jacques Conté. Nicolas-Jacques Conté (4 August 1755 – 6 December 1805) was a French inventor of the modern pencil. [1] He was born at Saint-Céneri-près-Sées (now Aunou-sur-Orne) in Normandy and distinguished himself for his mechanical genius, which was of great avail to the French army in Egypt. Napoleon called him “a universal ...