Identifier: illustratedcatal00edwa (find matches)
Title: Illustrated catalogue of school supplies.
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Edward E. Babb & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
Subjects: Schools--Furniture, equipment, etc.--Catalogs Commercial catalogs--Schools Furniture, equipment, etc.
Publisher: The Company
Contributing Library: Winterthur Museum Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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R Adapted for use in Banks, Offices, Schools, Stores,Draughting Rooms and Private Residences. The Double Planetary System of Pencil Pointing. The only system by which a perfect j)oint cau be made ou allkinds, grades and sizes of Lead Pencils^ Slate Pencils, variousColored Pencils, Wax Crayons, etc., etc. The double Planet-ary motion of the cutters absolutely prevents the breaking ofthe points. In construction the machine is simple, substantial,durable and neat. It requires no adjustment whatever, and iscleanly and rapid in its operation. How to Sharpen a Pencil. Insert the pencil in the holder, as shown in the illustration onthe following page, by depressing the clamp ; turn the handle tothe right as indicated by the arrow, and push the pencil slowlybetween the cutters until the required point is obtained. Keep Your Pencils Sharp. After a pencil has once been pointed from its full size, four orfive revolutions of the handle are sufficient to keep the point ingood order. Price $3.50 30
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