A class of fifth-graders from Green Acres Elementary in Lebanon, Ore., asked us to find out how pencil lead is made. That quest took us all the way back to the dawn of the universe and then all the ...
A batch of graphite has just been delivered to this pencil factory in Germany. Once it’s been thoroughly mixed with clay, it’s ready to go into production, with around 550 pounds of the stuff making ...
NOW IS A good time to revisit Leonard Read’s essay. In 1958, Read examined how a pencil is made — how it is miraculous that a pencil is made at all. The standard pencil begins when a cedar is cut down ...
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