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Suchna simple idea, but someone had to come up with it! An eraser, ready-to-use, attached to a pencil! Brilliant!
Suchna simple idea, but someone had to come up with it! An eraser, ready-to-use, attached to a pencil! Brilliant!n
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nThenman who came up with this idea was named Hyman Lipman (notice thenrhyming name!). He was born to English parents on the island of Jamaica, and he emigrated with his family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at age 15. He lived in “Philly” the rest of his life, and therenhe started the first envelope company in the U.S. Lipman sold hisnpatent for the eraser-topped pencil for $100,000. Back then, that was a whole lot of money!
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nDidnyou know…?
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Then metal band that holds the eraser onto the pencil is called an ferrule. The ferrule is glued onto the pencil, and a plunger pressesn an eraser plug into the ferrulen
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nBeforen a pencil’s eraser is cut into a short plug, it is part of a longn cylinder of rubber.
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nChecknout this video, which shows how pencils are made. I found this reallynfun to watch!
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nAlsonon this date:
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nArtist Francisco Goya’s birthday
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nArtist Vincent Van Gogh’s birthday
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nAnniversary of the purchase of Alaska
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