▁ 1 8 5 5 .. ▁He ▁founded ▁a ▁company ▁- ▁the ▁first ▁p enc il ▁sharp ener ▁company ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁- ▁and ▁produced ▁such ▁small ▁hand - h eld ▁p enc il ▁sh ar pen ers ▁in ▁a ▁large ▁amount . ▁Only ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁later ▁the ▁sh ar pen ers ▁were ▁sold ▁also ▁in ▁Europe ▁as ▁" American ▁p enc il ▁sh ar pen ers ". ▁▁▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁especially ▁in ▁United ▁States , ▁p enc il ▁sh ar pen ers ▁with ▁various ▁mechan isms ▁had ▁been ▁developed ▁and ▁put ▁on ▁the ▁market . ▁These ▁devices ▁were ▁often ▁heavy ▁and ▁intended ▁for ▁use ▁in ▁offices . ▁Ex amples ▁are ▁the ▁Per fect ▁P enc il ▁Po inter ▁( Good ell . ▁Co .), ▁the ▁G EM ▁P enc il ▁Sh arp ener ▁( by ▁G ould ▁& ▁Cook ▁Co .), ▁the ▁Planet ary ▁P enc il ▁Sh arp ener ▁( A . ▁B . ▁Dick ▁Co .), ▁all ▁from ▁USA ▁or ▁the ▁Jup iter ▁( Gu hl ▁& ▁Har beck ▁Co .) ▁from ▁Germany . ▁At ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁the ▁company ▁Autom atic ▁P enc il ▁Sh arp ener ▁Co . ▁( AP S CO ) ▁was ▁founded ▁and ▁brought ▁out ▁the ▁US ▁Autom atic ▁P enc il ▁Sh arp ener ▁after ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁which ▁domin ated ▁in ▁those ▁years . ▁Later ▁they ▁sold ▁machines ▁with ▁mill ing ▁mechanism , ▁such ▁as