Nicolas-Jacques Conté

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Nicolas-Jacques Conté (1755-1805) was a French painter and army officer.

He was distinguished for his mechanical genius, which was of great avail to the French army in Egypt. He also invented modern pencil lead.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.

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