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Mechanical pencil

A mechanical pencil or clutch pencil is a pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable solid pigment core called a "pencil lead" (/ˈlɛd/), which is often made of graphite and not bonded to the outer casing, thus the user can mechanically extend it, as it is worn away from use. Mechanical pencils often include erasers. Mechanical pencils were…

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Mechanical pencil

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples83
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Mechanical pencil

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related to Bibliography · 18
Mechanical pencil → American Mechanical Pencils, Atglen, Circumstance, Deborah Crosby, Design, Greyden Press, History, Jewels, New York, PA, Petroski, Random House, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, The Catalogue, The Pencil, Tools, Veley, Victorian Pencils
related to history · 15
Mechanical pencil → After, Britain, Co, Conrad Gessner, Gabriel Riddle, Hawkins, His, HMS Pandora, John Isaac Hawkins, Mordan, Riddle, Sampson Mordan, SMGR, The, World War II
related to Pigments · 9
Mechanical pencil → Crayola's, Koh-i-Noor, Mechanical, Mitsubishi Pencil Co, Pentel, Pilot, Several, Twistable, Uni-ball
related to External links · 8
Mechanical pencil → Bloomington, Hayakawa's, Illinois, Keeran's, Mordan, Museum, Pantagraph, Sharp's
related to Lead variations · 8
Mechanical pencil → Compared, In, Most, Pentel, The, These, This, Wooden
related to Diameter · 7
Mechanical pencil → Different, Less, Mechanical, Pentel, Pentel Function, Some, The
related to Hardness · 7
Mechanical pencil → As, Compared, HB, It, Similarly, The, US
related to Mechanism types · 5
Mechanical pencil → Lead, Mechanical, Most, Screw-based, This

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lead pencil mechanical pencils mm leads first mechanism used also range sizes standard often pentel sharp mordan back jaws clutch

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technical drawing as well as for clean looking writinginstance offor tasks0.80text
1.4instance ofas well as thicker leads0.80text
2.0 mm.The first modern mechanical pencil was the Eversharpinstance ofas well as thicker leads0.80text
Pentelinstance ofSeveral companies0.80text
Pilotinstance ofSeveral companies0.80text
and Uni-ballinstance ofSeveral companies0.80text
Mechanical pencilrelated to BibliographyDeborah Crosby0.60section
Mechanical pencilrelated to BibliographyVictorian Pencils0.60section
Mechanical pencilrelated to BibliographyTools0.60section
Mechanical pencilrelated to BibliographyJewels0.60section
Mechanical pencilrelated to BibliographySchiffer Publishing Ltd0.60section
Mechanical pencilrelated to BibliographyAtglen0.60section

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