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Having previously explored such mysteries as who invented writing
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Having previously explored such mysteries as who invented writing
it’s time to turn to something much less mysterious, a seemingly
mundane yet enormously influential tool of human communication: the
humble pencil.
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WHAT we NEED TO KNOW
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THE AMAZING PENCIL: TECHNOLOGY AND TRADITION
An interesting question is to ask how long a straight line could beg q g g
drawn with a typical HB pencil before the lead was exhausted.
The thickness of graphite left on a sheet of paper by a soft 2B
pencil is about 20 nanometers and a carbon atom has a diameter of
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0.14 nanometers, so the pencil line is only about 143 atoms thick.
The pencil lead is about 1 mm in radius and therefore ? square
mm in area. If the length of the pencil is 15 cm, then the volume
f hit t b d t t i ht li i 150? biof graphite to be spread out on a straight line is 150? cubic mm.
If we draw a line of thickness 20 nanometers and width 2 mm,
then there will be enough lead to continue for a distance L =
150? / 4 X 10−7mm = 1 178 kilometers150? / 4 X 10 mm = 1,178 kilometers.
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Do we need to CHANGE what WE BUY?Do we need to CHANGE what WE BUY?
•One pencil has the potential to draw a line 35 miles long, write an average ofp p g g
45,000 words, absorb 17 sharpenings, delete its own errors and beat out an
infinite number of drum solos.
•The most vital ingredient in all this is the Graphite.
•Using the Graphite in an alternative barrel/body a environment friendly
product can be provided
y h gi g th b dy f th il d i g th g hit l g•By changing the body of the pencil and using the graphite we come a long
way to conserving the environment.
•No trees need to be cut ,
•No forest need to be deforested•No forest need to be deforested.
•Status quo with regards to environment but recycling a lot more thereby
taking care of waste

ManufacturingManufacturing

SOME FACT YOU SHOULD KNOWSOME FACT YOU SHOULD KNOW
More than 2 billion pencils are used in the United States every year. Thep y y
global number? More than 14 billion, enough to easily circle the globe
about 60 times. Also, more than a million pencils are used annually on
the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. That’s a lot.g
An average sized tree can make about 170,000 pencils. So, it’s safe
to assume that if there are 14 billion (14 000 000 000) pencils made( ) p
each year world wide then, and one tree can produce about 170,000
pencils, there are approximately 82 000 trees cut each year, to meet
the annual demand of about 14 billion pencils. That’s a LOT of trees!the annual demand of about 14 billion pencils. That s a LOT of trees!
Could you ever imagine that something so ordinary could have such a
big impact on the environment?
big impact on the environment?

MisleadingMisleading

THE SOLUTION : PAPER PENCILSTHE SOLUTION : PAPER PENCILS
Just like regular pencils – only greener! Polymer pencils and Pens
Eco-friendly Eco Pencil@ started out as used or discarded paper and
plastics However, through an incredible and environmentally-responsible
retrieval process, old paper and plastics now has a new life as a
unique and functional pencil!
More and more scientific studies are concluding that conventional
d il d i g h h g d f h iwood pencils are doing more harm than good for the environment. Eco
Pencil@ eliminates the need to grow, cut down and harvest the wood
necessary to create standard pencils. Eco Pencil@takes recycling and
going green to a whole new level by taking paper and turning intogoing green to a whole new level by taking paper and turning into
pencils! Order your pack of Eco Pencil@today and starting writing or
drawing with an environmentally-friendly twist!

PAPER PENCILPAPER PENCIL
SUB Wood Paperp
Graphite Any Any
Body Wood Paper
Hardness Solid Solid
Material Cutting Trees Recycled Papee
Environment Impact Loss of Forests Recycling waste
Pollution in Production Yes massive apart from dust NIL
Carbon footprint in Manufacturing Massive Negligible.
Energy Consumption small unit 1-2 Megawatt/day leass than 0.200MW day
C t t d F INR350/ F INR300Cost to end user From INR3.50/- FromINR3.00
Head to head the paper pencil is clear winner……. If you think of something to add please email us

Pencil History: The Earliest Forms of Self Expressiony p
Modern pencils owe it all to an ancient Roman writing instrument called a stylus. Scribes used thisp g y
thin metal rod to leave a light, but readable mark on papyrus (an early form of paper). Other
early styluses were made of lead, which is what we still call pencil cores, even though they actually
are made of non-toxic graphite.
Graphite came into widespread use following the discovery of a large graphite deposit inGraphite came into widespread use following the discovery of a large graphite deposit in
Borrowdale, England in 1564. Appreciated for leaving a darker mark than lead, the mineral proved
so soft and brittle that it required a holder. Originally, graphite sticks were wrapped in string.
Later, the graphite was inserted into hollowed-out wooden sticks and, thus, the wood-cased pencil
was born!
The value of graphite was soon realised to be enormous, mainly because it could be used to line
the moulds for cannonballs, and the mines were taken over by the Crown and guarded. When
sufficient stores of graphite had been accumulated, the mines were flooded to prevent theft until
more was required. Graphite had to be smuggled out for use in pencils. Because graphite is soft, itq p gg p g p
requires some form of encasement. Graphite sticks were initially wrapped in string
or sheepskin for stability. The news of the usefulness of these early pencils spread far and wide,
attracting the attention of artists all over the known world.

Around 1560, an Italian couple named Simonio and Lyndianap y
Bernacotti made what are likely the first blueprints for the
modern, wood-encased carpentry pencil. Their version was a flat,
oval more compact type of pencil Their concept involved theoval, more compact type of pencil. Their concept involved the
hollowing out of a stick of juniper wood. Shortly thereafter, a
superior technique was discovered: two wooden halves were
d g hit ti k i t d d th h l th gl dcarved, a graphite stick inserted, and the halves then glued
together—essentially the same method in use to this day

The EraserThe Eraser
The eraser was then added in 1858 by Hymen Lipman whoy y p
patented the idea. Lipman sold his patent in 1862 to Joseph
Reckendorfer for $100,000. Reckendorfer went on to sue pencil
manufacturer Faber-Castell for patent infringement but lost themanufacturer Faber Castell for patent infringement, but lost the
case in in 1875, when the US Supreme Court ruled against
Reckendorfer, declaring the patent invalid because the invention
t lly bi ti f t l dy k thi g ithwas actually a combination of two already known things with no
new use.

English MonopolyEnglish Monopoly
England continued to enjoy a monopoly on the production of pencils until a method
of reconstituting the graphite powder was found. The distinctively square English
pencils continued to be made with sticks cut from natural graphite into the 1860spencils continued to be made with sticks cut from natural graphite into the 1860s.
The town of Keswick, near the original findings of block graphite, still
manufactures pencils, the factory also being the location of the Cumberland pencilmanufactures pencils, the factory also being the location of the Cumberland pencil
museum.
Nuremberg, Germany was the birthplace of the first mass-produced pencils in
1662. Spurred by Faber-Castell (established in 1761), Lyra, Steadtler and other
i ti il i d t y d l d th gh t th 19th t ycompanies, an active pencil industry developed throughout the 19th century
industrial revolution.

THE MODERN PENCILTHE MODERN PENCIL
The modern pencil was invented in 1795 by Nicholas-Jacques Conte aThe modern pencil was invented in 1795 by Nicholas Jacques Conte, a
scientist serving in the army of Napoleon Bonaparte. The magic material
that was so appropriate for the purpose was the form of pure carbon
that we call graphite. It was first discovered in Europe, in Bavaria at the
f h fif h l h gh h h d d istart of the fifteenth century; although the Aztecs had used it as a
marker several hundred years earlier.
English and German pencils were not available to the French during
the Napoleonic Wars; France under naval blockade imposed by Greatthe Napoleonic Wars; France, under naval blockade imposed by Great
Britain, was unable to import the pure graphite sticks from the
British Grey Knotts mines – the only known source in the world. France
was also unable to import the inferior German graphite pencil substitute.
It took the efforts of an officer in Napoleon's army to change this. In
1795,

The first factoryThe first factory
The first factory opened in 1832, and the Cumberland Pencil Company has
just celebrated its 175th anniversary; although the local mines have long beenjust celebrated its 175th anniversary; although the local mines have long been
closed and supplies of the graphite used now come from Sri Lanka and other
far away places. Cumberland pencils were those of the highest quality because
the graphite used shed no dust and marked the paper very well.g y
China today supplies the world largest no of pencils. Pencil majors buy their
lead, and finished product from out there……ead, and n shed produc rom ou here……

Pencil History: America Expresses ItselfPencil History: America Expresses Itself
Early settlers depended on pencils from overseas until the war with England
t ff i t illi d h tt bi t k icut off imports. William Monroe, a Concord, Massachusetts cabinet-maker, is
credited with making America’s first wood pencils in 1812.
Th fi t d d il t l d i t d t h ff highThe first mass-produced pencils were natural and unpainted to show off high-
quality wood casings. But, by the 1890s, many pencil manufacturers started
painting pencils and imprinting them with brand names.
The American pencil industry took off when The Joseph Dixon Crucible
Company (now Dixon Ticonderoga) and more pencil manufacturers started
getting into the act and, towards the end of the 19th century, New York andg g y
New Jersey hosted several factories established by prominent German pencil
manufacturers, including Faber-Castell, Eberhard Faber, Eagle Pencil Company
(later Berol) and General Pencil Company.

Early American pencilsEarly American pencils
Early American pencils were made from Eastern Red Cedar, a strong, splinter-resistant
wood that grew in Tennessee and other parts of the Southeastern United States To bewood that grew in Tennessee and other parts of the Southeastern United States. To be
nearer to the source, Northern manufacturers migrated south and set up wood mills until,
eventually, the greatest concentration of U.S. pencil manufacturers had established factories
in Tennessee. To this day, U.S. producers are primarily concentrated in the South.
By the early 1900s, however, additional sources of wood were needed. Pencil manufacturers
turned to California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, where they found Incense-cedar, a species
that grew in abundance and made superior pencils. California Incense-cedar soon became
the wood of choice for domestic and international pencil makers around the world.
To ensure the continued availability of Incense-cedar, forest workers have carefully
managed the stands of trees, and timber companies have committed to harvesting Incense-
cedar on a sustained-yield basis. “Sustained-yield” means that the annual growth of the
forest is greater than the amount harvested from the forest. Forests managed on aforest is greater than the amount harvested from the forest. Forests managed on a
sustained-yield basis are abundant and healthy, and will continue to provide wood for
people and habitats for animals for generations to come.

PENCILS THROUGH THE AGESPENCILS THROUGH THE AGES

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