And why are most pencils yellow? During the 1800s, the best graphite came from China and American pencil makers began ...

including examples of some of the earliest pencil sharpeners from the early 1800s. Admission to the museum is free, and Hocking Hills recommends you stop at the welcome center anyways to get a map ...

But even if General's pencil-making process is still defined by the 28 patents Weissenborn filed in the late 1800s on machines that date back to that time, the strategy for how a pencil company ...

According to pencils.com, the best graphite available in the 1800s came from China, and pencil companies that used Chinese graphite wanted their customers to know. Yellow is the symbol for respect ...

The museum said: "Our story begins in the heart of the Lake District with the discovery of graphite in the Borrowdale Valley and the birth of pencil making in Keswick. By the 1800s pencil making ...

In the 1800s various pencil companies started painting the wood exteriors of pencils, often to disguise the poor quality of the wood making up the pencil. The Koh-I-Noor Company made the highest ...

The painted words on the rear of this building not only proclaim what is still inside -- General Pencil Company -- they also hint at the factory's long history, with sturdy, tall white letters in a ...