Hello dear friends, you know me well ! I am your little Pencil, you use me to write on paper and to make beautiful drawings or sketches.I am a useful little instrument for students as well as professionals.
Today I am sharing some information about me with all of you. I hope that you will find it interesting.
A very large amount of Graphite(Black Carbon) was found in Cumbria (England) at a place called Borrowdale. It was the time before 1565. The people of that place found it very useful to mark their sheep. It was pure and solid to be divided into sheets. The sheets were cut into sticks.These graphite sticks or rods were placed between two wooden halves,these halves then glued together to form a pencil. That is how pencil came into existence.
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Later in the year 1795 , a French officer Nicolas Jaques Conte developed the method of mixing clay with powdered Graphite
and forming the mixture into rods.The making of modern pencil is based on that method.
Today different grades of pencil are in use .The most popular and common pencil which people normally use for writing is HB grade pencil. 9H is the hardest and 9B is the softest pencil.
Now let me tell you one more thing that how I got my name.The word Pencil comes from the Latin word Penicillus which means the little tail.
So this is my little story, 'The Pencil Story'.
Well written post and very informative. Kids love reading this....
ReplyDeleteThank you so much John :)
DeleteWishing you a sunny day, too! Know what's the best thing about writing about a pencil? It has a point. (sorry... couldn't resist)
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan, you are right, pencil has a point :)
DeleteThis is fantastic, I love it! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Linda :)
DeleteI am teaching my granddaughter how to hold a pencil and print her name.
ReplyDeleteShe likes pencils
Good post on 'the pencil'
Good to see you Margie , hope your granddaughter writes well , thank you very much for reading :)
Deletesuch a beautiful post... shared it with my little nieces... thank you :)
ReplyDeleteWelcome to my blog Archana, thank's a lot for reading,I hope your nieces like it :)
DeleteNow that was informative! I didn't know any of the facts you mentioned about pencil.
ReplyDeleteWelcome debajyoti, I am glad that you liked the post ,thank you so much :)
DeleteVery interesting!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for visiting and reading :)
DeleteThat is different and very interesting. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy that you liked the post, thank you Indrani :)
DeletePencil's story illustrated very interestingly.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind comment , S Maliyekal :)
DeleteHello Aunt Mary, how interesting, I didn’t know any of that. Thank you for an informative post.
ReplyDeleteThank you Barbara for your lovely comment :)
DeleteBrings back such happy memories of my visits to the Cumberland Pencil Museum. Thank you for such an interesting post.
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Dear Tracy,
DeleteI am really happy to hear that this post of mine brought back those cherished and priceless memories. :)
Thank you so much for reading the post! :)
Hello AuntMary .. Its a sweet and informative story .. I loved the meaning of Penicillus :)
ReplyDeleteDear Kokila,
DeleteI am glad know that you liked this story.:)
Thanks a lot for reading the post! :)
Loved the lyricism of the prose!
ReplyDeleteThat's a sweet little story. Didn't know much of it. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to my blog Tulika , glad to know that you liked the post, thank you for your comment :)
DeleteAn informative pencil-story. Loved the facts about a thing of everyday use... :-)
ReplyDeleteThank's a lot Maniparna , good to hear that you find the post informative :)
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