The Pencil

The Pencil

Author: Henry Petroski

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2011-02-16

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 0307772438

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Henry Petroski traces the origins of the pencil back to ancient Greece and Rome, writes factually and charmingly about its development over the centuries and around the world, and shows what the pencil can teach us about engineering and technology today.


Code of Fair Competition for the Wood Cased Lead Pencil Manufacturing Industry as Approved on February 17, 1934 (Classic Reprint)

Code of Fair Competition for the Wood Cased Lead Pencil Manufacturing Industry as Approved on February 17, 1934 (Classic Reprint)

Author: U. S. National Recovery Administration

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-09-11

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 9781396103131

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Excerpt from Code of Fair Competition for the Wood Cased Lead Pencil Manufacturing Industry as Approved on February 17, 1934 The approval of the following marketing terms is conditioned upon the continued availability of wood cased lead pencils to the public at the long established customary prices, via: one cent each, three for five cents; two for five cents; five cents each; three for ten cents and ten cents each in reasonably relative qualities at these various prices. The members of the industry severally and collee tively voluntarily invite the Administrator to and agree that he may examine any or all of their books or records at any reasonable time to determine whether these marketing terms are being administered to effectuate the National Industrial Recovery Act. If the Adminis trator shall find after reasonable notice and hearing, that these mar keting terms are not being so administered the members of the in dustry shall make such changes in sales policies and prices as may be necessary in default of which the approval of the following mar keting terms may be rescinded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


I, Pencil

I, Pencil

Author: Leonard Edward Read

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781630697006

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"FEE's mission is to inspire, educate, and connect future leaders with the economic, ethical, and legal principles of a free society."-from verso.


The Pencil Perfect

The Pencil Perfect

Author: Caroline Weaver

Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783899556759

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The Pencil Perfect is the tangible tale of the pencil: a utensil that crafts its own story as humans use its sharpened point to write their own.