od, to-day almost exclusively result. The finest grades of pencils are polished by For two centuries England enjoyed practically a used by pencil makers the world over. The best qual- hand (Fig. 5). This work requires considerable deft monopoly of the lead-pencil industry. In the eigh- ity is… … New York city and thus be- Fig. 9.-Cutting: Rubber Bands and Erasers. tachment. came the pioneer of the In this country about lead-pencil industry in this country. Since then Alabama in particular. Eberhard Faber established nine-tenths of the pencils are provided with rub- four other firms have…
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