Talk:Eraser

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, "the first patent on an integral pencil and eraser was issued in the United States to Joseph Rechendorfer of New York City on March 30, 1858. (1)" Googling the name comes up with very few results, however. Britannica has been wrong before so shouldn't be accepted as definitive on this issue, but further research is definitely needed. Interestingly, most websites that mention Hyman Lipman also put the date he invented the pencil and eraser as March 30, 1858. Very odd.

(1)"Eraser." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2004. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 21 Feb. 2004

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I removed the following sentence from the history section, since it mostly repeats facts in the intro. It's well written though, so if someone wants to salvage it I only suggest they try to make it "aware" of what's in the intro.

Latex erasers are still known as 'rubbers' in England and Australia, causing occasional amusement to Americans, to whom a 'rubber', due to linguistic drift, is a latex condom.

Mark Foskey 21:43, 28 September 2005 (UTC) (I wasn't logged in when I made the original edit.)

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Quick question that I can't seem to find an answer to - f the pink end of an eraser removes pencil marks (as is usual), what is the blue end used for? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robyaw (talk • contribs)

I expect that the different colors are merely for looks, and that both ends of the eraser are used for erasing. --Ihope127 13:32, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Color

How come they are usually pink? --Colinstu 20:48, 12 March 2007 (UTC)