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The pencil and engineering design for mining

Jack Caldwell | March 04, 2013 | 11:53 pm Energy Precious Metals Australia Latin America Coal Silver 

On a series of flights to and from a distant mine, I read a great deal on the history and manufacture of the pencil. The book I read is called The Pencil and is by Henry Petroski a professor of civil engineering...

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