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Scientific American, Vol. 73, No. 12 (1895) (1895)

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hours. After the tumbling process is for from five to eight minutes. The combs are then elongated S, the curved edges of one end turning in completed, they are taken out and boiled in hot water washed, leaving a stain on them similar to tortoise and the other out. The stripof horn is held down for… … THE MANUFACTURE OF HORN COMBS. a kettle of hot whale oil for about half an hour, and every stroke of the knives until the whole comb strip buffer sixteen inches in diameter composed of about has been cut through, each knife making. a stroke of 200 circular sheets of cotton flannel. This buffer…

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