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Pencil Markings in the Bodleian Library

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IN a former communication (NATURE, 1920, vol. 105, p. 12) I described a method of distinguishing microscopically between the markings made upon paper with different kinds of pencils, and gave some account of the characteristics of early pencil writings in the British Museum.

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MITCHELL, C. Pencil Markings in the Bodleian Library. Nature 109, 516–517 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109516a0

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