Mechanical Pencil
notes: label: Description
content: This mechanical pencil belonged to the chemist, Leo Baekeland. The inscription reads “Bakelite / REALITE / Realite Pencil, Chicago.” The Realite Pencil Co. was a predecessor of Autopoint.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. William Karraker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0034.29
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0034.29
label: accession number
content: 1982.0034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mechanical Pencil
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 140 mm x 8 mm; 5 1/2 in x 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 5/16 in; 13.97 cm x .79375 cm