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Ch. 10: Gem Cutting Engraving

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	DIAMOND-CUTTING.	277

	position, to the face of the revolving disk. It is clamped in a wooden rest, and the pressure is regulated by leaden weights, so that the diamond just touches the flying wheel. To the casual observer



	the polishing art seems to be one requiring little skill or intelligence, but to acquire proficiency in the work requires years of assiduous toil. From generation to generation the trade has been carried on, and the patient and monotonous toil and technical skill inherited and acquired by

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