Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 642
teeth at the parts indicated by thedouble lines; for instance, a is the float, b the graille, c the found, d the carlet, e the topper, used by thehorn and tortoiseshell comb-makers. The floats f to i are used by ivory carvers for the handles ofknives, and in the preparation of works, the carving of… … The larger of the floats, such as those a to e, used by the comb-makers, are kept in order principallyby the aid of a burnisher, represented in two views in Fig. 1644; the blade is about 2 inches long, 1 inchwide, and l-16th thick; the end is mostly used, and which is forcibly rubbed, first on the…
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