Mechanical Pencil
name: label: maker
content: Autopoint, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Autopoint, a firm that makes mechanical pencils, was founded in Chicago in around 1918, and since 1979 has been in Janesville, Wisc. Bakelite acquired a large interest in the firm in the 1920s. This mechanical pencil belonged to the chemist, Leo Baekeland. The inscription reads “Autopoint / Gold filled / Pat and Pats Pending / Made in U.S.A.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1982.0034.27
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0034.27
label: accession number
content: 1982.0034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mechanical Pencil
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 110 mm x 10 mm; 4 5/16 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 3/8 in; 10.795 cm x .9525 cm