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Graphite deposits found in Borrowdale. |
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Elizabeth I comes to the throne. |
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Graphite in lump form used as lubricant,
medicine & for armaments. |
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Britain goes to war with France. |
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Unable to get graphite from England because of the war, Conté in Paris produces artificial graphite. Borrowdale Graphite is no
longer unique! |
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Napoleon defeated at Battle of Waterloo. |
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First record of a factory in Keswick making pencils. |
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Victoria ascends to the throne. |
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William Monroe in US invented a machine capable of making groves in wooden slats for making pencils. |
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Four factories recorded in Keswick. |
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Hogarth & Hayes take over the Southey Works in Keswick. |
