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Volume 5. Eraser. Background. An eraser is a object that is used to remove marks from paper. Most erasers are designed to remove pencil marks. Other erasers are designed to be used on typewriter marks. Some special pens contain erasable ink that can be removed by 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...
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 the pencil can teach us about engineering and technology today.
An eraser is an object used to remove pencil markings. It is known as an “eraser” in the United States and Canada and as “rubber” in the UK, India, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
14 Μαρ 2019 · Read on to learn about the history of pencils, erasers, sharpeners, markers, highlighters and gel pens and 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.
26 Αυγ 2013 · Pencils with built-in erasers on the tops are a largely American phenomenon. Most pencils sold in Europe are eraser-less . Read into that cultural difference what you will.
