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 118
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 repetitions of the wetting and ironing for fine goods, or only two ironings and wettings forinferior grades. To give the hat a… … A pressure of about Stiff hats are differently treated. The hat is first steamed on a block, the brim flattened, and thesurface rubbed with emery-paper. The brim is then cut to the right width, and the binding is puton. The brim is next to be curled, and for this purpose it is placed upon a convex…
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