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Ch. 10: Gem Cutting Engraving

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PRECIOUS STONES.
table. The reader will see on the left the blunt-edged steel rulers and the iron rod, somewhat in the shape of a double cone, which serves as a ham­mer; on the right, a saucer containing diamonds, and supporting a pair of pincers, and a lamp; in front, a handle having the sharp-edged cutting diamond
attached, and, standing upright, the wooden imple­ment which supports the diamond intended to be split; in the background is a globe of water for concentrating the light at such points as more par­ticularly require it.
From the splitter the diamond passes to the cutter.
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