Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 293
r in thatmutual manner which accomplishes the smoothingof both stones. He is putting in practice thefamous discovery which Louis de Berquem is falselysaid to have made by chance, and, from the primi- 2/2 PRECIOUS STONES. tive form received from the splitter, he is shapingthe facets of the brilHant… … Fig. 117.—Diamond-cutters Table. represents the tools necessary to the work-table ofthe cutter. A diamond, in the hands of the cutter, has not yetbecome an object of beauty; it has no lustre ortransparency, and is even more unpromising inaspect than the rough diamond. The adamantinelustre, which is…
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