Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 297
t as the apex of the acorn-shapedlump of metal, which again rests in a brazen cupwith unyielding stem, is given to the polisher. The polishing-rooms are the most interestingapartments of the great establishments for diamond- 2/6 PRECIOUS STONES. cutting, such as that of Mr. Coster at… … Fig. 119.—The Polisher. The eyes of these polishers seem of little usecompared with their sense of touch, which has beenexquisitely educated. It is by the instinct of theirfinger-ends that the point of the diamond—keptconstantly wet with mingled diamond-dust andolive-oil—is adjusted with…
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