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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 08, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: ABC Science Archive - Lead in Your Pencil. | Sep 11, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC Science Archive - Lead in Your Pencil. | Feb 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - The Boring Talks - #41 - Pencils. | Dec 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Have we all underrated the humble pencil? | Oct 15, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - History of the Graphite Pencil (PDF). | May 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of York - Pencils (PDF). | Jan 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - The Pencil: the strongest tool you forgot you had. | Jan 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Inventors and Inventions - The Pencil. | Jan 29, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Trace the Remarkable History of the Humble Pencil. | Jul 13, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: History of Pencils. | Jun 15, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: h2g2 - Pencil. | Mar 14, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Invention of the Pencil. | Mar 14, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Invention of the Pencil. | Apr 09, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 20, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 20, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 19, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Faber-Castell Australia - History of Pencil. | Mar 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Early Office Museum - History of the Lead Pencil. | Mar 27, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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