My mother refused to eat when she became so ill and did not want any IV's or anything else. I do not think it was suicide. She lived a long life and died very peacefully and I have every assurance that she is with the Lord.
When was the Pencil Sharpener invented? The first patent for an invention to sharpen pencils was applied in 1828 by French mathematician Bernard Lassimone. The improved mechanical sharpener was invented in 1847 by Therry des Estwaux. In 1855 Walter K. Foster patented the first American pencil sharpener. Since 1917 the electric pencil sharpeners have been made for the office use..
History of Pencils, Erasers, Sharpeners, Markers, Highlighters and Gel Pens. History & Culture. Pencil History. Graphite is a form of carbon, first discovered in the Seathwaite Valley on the side of the mountain Seathwaite Fell in Borrowdale, near Keswick, England, about 1564 by an unknown person. Shortly after this, the first pencils were made in the same area.