The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 331
has now to be charged with diamond. This sounds somewhatalarming, but take courage. Diamond bort consists of genuine diamondsnot sufficiently good to be used for gems. It may be bought of any of theordinary merchants at a cost of about six shilhngs the carat. That amountwould be enough to cut about… … Fig. 7. BRITISH PEBBLES, 327 bort, and crush it upon a piece of hard steel by means of a steel rod one inch indiameter and six inches in length. Put the bort on the steel plate; smear a littlebutter over the bort to prevent the broken pieces flying away. Hold the steel rodupon it, and give it a…
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