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Ch. 1: Cutting Diamonds

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The Cutting and Polishing of Diamonds
Diamond cutting and polishing originated in India, and the art was afterwards introduced in Italy and in Paris. It had its beginning in Antwerp, about 1480, and also about the same time in Amsterdam. Amsterdam has become famous for its diamond cutting, and for a long time had by far the largest number of cutting and polishing establishments in the world.
Antwerp for some years has had some of the largest establishments, and during the last six years has gained rapidly on Amsterdam, and at the present time has a considerably larger business in the cutting and polishing of diamonds than Amsterdam.
Diamond cutting has been carried on in America for fifty years or more, and the cutting of diamonds for the world has been revolution­ized through the improvements in cutting made something like forty years ago by Henry D. Morse, of Boston.
Prior to these innovations diamonds were cut
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