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    What did people use to write before pencils were invented?

    Question #54119. Asked by joezhou300. (Jan 16 05 2:55 PM)


    Buck540

    		Quill feathers and ink.

    Jan 16 05, 3:06 PM
    MrsAce

    		The caveman first used a sharpened-stone.
    http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa100197.htm

    Jan 16 05, 3:15 PM
    dejavucub4

    		Chalk and slate board were common in schools in the 1800s. Graphite and even lead were used in the past. Prior to that scribes used clay tablets and even chisels and stone.

    Jan 16 05, 3:15 PM
    griffinj

    		Wax tablets and a stylus were used from Classical Greece till at least the late fifteenth century.
    http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/tablets.html

    Jan 16 05, 5:16 PM

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