Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 117
Finishing Il/s.—The finishing of fur hats includes the final blocking, the shaping, ironing, andsmoothing. Soft hats arc first drawn over a block of the desired shape. The brim is then flattenedout, and while damp the hat is ironed all over. Rubbing with fine sand-paper follows, and then sev-eral…
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