Excerpt from Encyclopaedia Americana, Vol. 10: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present TimePencil, an instrument used by paint ers for laying on their colors. Pencils are of various kinds, and made of various materials, the larger sorts are made of boar's bristles, the thick ends Of which are bound to a Stick, large or small, according to the uses they are designed for, ...
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