EXAMINE THIS REPORT ON SHORT PENCIL

As a method for drawing, the closest predecessor to your pencil was silverpoint or leadpoint right until in 1565 (some resources say as early as 1500), a big deposit of graphite was uncovered around the approach to gray Knotts in the hamlet of Seathwaite in Borrowdale parish, Cumbria, England.[four][5][six][seven] This distinct deposit of graphit