Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 289
Fig. 113.—Details of a Compartment of the Splitters Workroom. and he knows whether the imperfections are atthe stones surface or at its heart. Very quicklythen he sets to work. He takes a longish woodenimplement or baton, shaped so as to be con- 268 PRECIOUS STONES. veniently held in the hand, and… … Fig. 114.—The Splitter. embeds the diamond in it and lets the cement cool,by which means the diamond is firmly fixed in itsplace. With another diamond, sharply edged andsecured in the same way, he cuts a notch in thediamond he is about to split. This notch is of aV shape, and must lie exactly in…
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