Almanac: The pencil and eraser 02:05. And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: March 30th, 1858, 156 years ago today . . . the day a Philadelphia inventor made his mark.

In contrast, the Palomino Blackwing 602 costs about $2.08 per pencil, the Faber-Castell Grip 2001 Graphite EcoPencil with Eraser costs about 80¢ per pencil, and the Dixon Ticonderoga Classic ...

Pencil & Eraser: Lost and Frown!, the 2nd graphic novel in Jenny Alvarado's charming, goofy and funny graphic novels for kids, is out in May ...

Why buy a pencil and an eraser, or even a pencil with an eraser, when you could have the Eraser Pencil? The design, from Deuk Young Lee of Korea, ditches the wood entirely and replaces it with a ...

Finding a pencil with an honest-to-goodness, functioning eraser is much harder than it should be, and even separate erasers sold on their own often do a middling job.

Before the discovery of the eraser, people did use bread and bread crumbs to erase pencil marks. Edward Nairne is credited with popularizing the use of rubber, which by his own account, was quite ...

Written by Karen Kilpatrick and Luis O. Ramos Jr. Illustrated by German Blanco Ages 3–6 “When Pencil Met Eraser,” by Karen Kilpatrick and Luis O. Ramos Jr. This hilariously illustrated book ...

Using a clean cloth, I dabbed each one with white vinegar, allowed them to dry, and then fluffed up the suede with – you ...

Sure, pencil erasers come in handy when you're working through a crossword puzzle, doing addition or measuring for home-improvement projects. But they can also help make your life easier when it ...