Thoreau was an inventor too. He improved his family's pencil business by making a better graphite and clay mixture for creating the lead for their pencils.
Here's a video about a current pencil sharpener savant who filled us in on Thoreau's connection to the famous No. 2.
CBS Sunday Morning
We also viewed some amazing pencil lead art here.
And here.
And here is an audio story about Thoreau's pencils.
Be sure to keep your pencils sharp!
No comments:
Post a Comment