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1912 steam powered pencil sharpener

Eight pencils are required as fuel to get the head of steam required to operate the sharpener. Once up and running, the boiler is fed pencil shavings to keep her going.

 

Modern steam-driven pencil sharpeners now run on unleaded fuel....(wiki)

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Uploaded on March 28, 2012
Taken on March 28, 2012