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Ch. 10: Gem Cutting Engraving

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	ENGRAVING OF PRECIOUS STONES. 287

	and keeps always supplied to the edges of the wheel. This work is usually performed by the lapidary, preparatory to the engraver's task; indeed, the stone is sometimes set by the jeweller before it



	is engraved, in which case it is embedded in cork. If it is merely shaped and not set, it is fastened upon a baton with lapidary's cement. The tools and apparatus employed by the engraver are therefore very simple; but just as the

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