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14 Μαρ 2019 · Learn about the history of pencils, erasers, sharpeners, markers, highlighters, and gel pens. See who invented and patented these writing instruments.
Regarding erasers and the history of objects (“Erasing History” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in the May 2009 Perspectives on History), I recommend engineer-historian Henry Petroski’s The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance (1989), which includes a few pages of information about pencil erasers.
10 Νοε 1992 · Henry Petroski traces the origins of the pencil back to ancient Greece and Rome, writes factually and charmingly about its development over the centuries and around the world, and shows what...
However, it is often forgotten that before the invention of a wood cased pencil with an attached eraser in 1858 by Hymen Lipman, things were not done quite as easily. The earliest form of a pencil was much closer to a paintbrush than the modern day interpretation.
There are now entire web sites devoted to erasers, mechanical pencils, and all sorts of typewriting memorabilia. Museums, too, have discovered the potential of such ordinary objects to evoke forms of work erased by the digital revolution.
10 Νοε 1992 · Petroski's delightful book runs you through the history of pencils from Rome to the almost present. Who knew that Thoreau had a pencil company? That the best graphite comes from Mongolia?
29 Αυγ 2023 · The eraser-tipped pencil was invented by Hymen Lipman in 1858, bringing ease to this writing utensil. Pencil manufacturing procedures were perfected over the twentieth century, resulting in uniform hardness classes and the emergence of mechanical pencils.
