Mechanical Pencil Month – Day 20: Mordan’s Bicentennial
The final day of our countdown has arrived which means it is time to go back to where it all began. By that I don't just mean Hawkins and Mordan's…
Mechanical Pencil Month – Day 10: Mordan’s Centennial
We have already reached the halfway point of our countdown to the bicentenary of Hawkins and Mordan's 20 December 1822 patent for the first mechanical pencil. It therefore seemed appropriate…
Mechanical Pencil Month
While digging around in the Repertory of Arts for Brunel patents, I came across a familiar design from the early 19th century. Granted to civil engineer John Isaac Hawkins (inventor…