Have you ever wondered where the idea for the pencil came from? The pencil’s history is said to date back to 1564. Legend has it that trees in England were uprooted by a hurricane. Under one such tree, a farmer found a strange black substance. The farmer discovered that this substance would not wash off. He and the other farmers began using the substance to make their sheep. The substance they were using was called graphite. This graphite is mixed with clay and used in the wooden casings of the pencils we used today.
Did you ever try to figure out what the different numbers on the pencil mean? Pencils are identified by the numbers 1, 2, and 3. A number 1 pencil is soft and makes a very dark mark without applying much pressure. Teachers often see to it that students use a number 2 pencil. These pencils are medium-soft. A a number 3 pencil is very hard, but not as dark. It is good for tracing purpose. Whether we are using a 1, 2 or a 3 pencil, it is impossible to imagine without pencils.
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