Setting lead (graphite) into grooved strip of cedar; a second strip of wood placed on top and glued, whole pencil placed in machine and rounded. BG Cohen, Great Prescott Street, London. Wood engraving 1872.

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Setting lead (graphite) into grooved strip of cedar; a second strip of wood placed on top and glued, whole pencil placed in machine and rounded. BG Cohen, Great Prescott Street, London. Wood engraving 1872.

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