History+of+Pencils

__ ** History of Pencils! ** __ HISTORY :
 * Pencils relate to an ancient civilization because it is an enduring impact. Caveman drew in caves while dinosaurs were still alive, and we still use pencils today! They started out when neandrathals drew in caves and hard stone surfaces with large peices of soft rock or charcol. Pencils started off when a man made a pencil using a rod of graphite incased in two small peices of wood. (shown in figure 1) **

__Companies~__ Pencils have developed over the course of many years. The modern wooden pencil is a small round wooden rod with a thin peice of __graphite__ inside. They have a small illuminum band around the top that holds an eraser. They changed the material to write with from lead to graphite because lead was giving people lead poisoning.
 * //__FIGURE 1__// **
 * 1) __BIC__
 * 2) __Dixon__
 * 3) __Papermate__
 * 4) __[|Staples]__

FAMOUS INVENTORS AND MAKERS/FOUNDERS OF PENCILS~
 * Joseph Dixon** was the founder of the famous and reliable Dixon pencil company.He invented a lot of other inventions included the double crank steam engine, and a method of creating underwater tunnels. He began his busioness in Salem Massachusettes. The company still makes dixon pencilsand they sell by the billions!

COMPANIES HAVE MADE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PENCILS INCLUDING: Colored Pencils Mechanical Pencils Wooden pencils
 * Patrick J. Frawley** started papermate in the early 1940's as a pen company but then switched to pencils. Papermate now makes mechanical pencils and it is now a BILLION DOLLAR pencil company.