The _ninth plate_ represents the dwelling houses and manufacturing Premises. The residence on an elevation to the left is that of the proprietor of the Manufactory, below which is seen that of his brother. The two houses in the middle were dwellinghouses in former times and have been used for years as Countinghouse, Warehouse and Sample-show-room. The workshops lower down on the right stand close to the river Rednitz and the machinery therein is set in motion by waterpower, whereas in the other premises higher up steam is the agent employed. [Illustration: Schlemmen. Atelier de la purification du graphite. Sluicing the lead.] [Illustration: Mahlen. Moulins à moudre le graphite. Grinding the lead.] [Illustration: Bearbeitung des Bleies. Atelier de la manipulation de la mine. Grinding the lead.] [Illustration: Sägen und Hobeln des Holzes. Atelier du sciage et rabotage du bois. Sawing and planing process.] [Illustration: Einleimen des Bleies. Atelier du collage de la mine dans le bois. Gluing room.] [Illustration: Hobeln der Bleistifte. Atelier du rabotage des crayons. Planing room.] [Illustration: Poliren und Zeichnen. Atelier de vernisage et numérotage. Polishing and stamping process.] [Illustration: Binden und Verpacken. Atelier de l’empaquetage des crayons. Tying and packing room.] [Illustration: Fabrik in Stein bei Nürnberg. Fabrique de Crayons. Pencil-Manufactory.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Punctuation has been normalized. Variations in hyphenation have been retained as they were in the original publication. The author’s original choice of spelling and variations therein have been maintained with the exception of the following: too —> two great improvements {page 13} loftly —> dancing round the lofty maypole {page 26} second —> seconded his exertions {page 27} The following attribution line, which appeared in the illustration captions in the original publication, has not been included in the captions in this ebook: Lor. Ritter del. Druckerei von C. Kruthoffer, Frankfurt a. M. The original version of this book used spaced text, most frequently for proper and place names. The spaced text has been represented using _underscores_ in the plain text version of the book. Bolded phrases are presented by surrounding the text with =equal signs= herein. The caret symbol ^ precedes characters that were raised as a superscript in the original book. In the case where more than one character was raised, those characters were encased in brackets, as in this example: 2^{nd} End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Lead Pencil Manufactory of A. W. Faber at Stein near Nürnberg, Bavar, by A. W. Faber