Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 120
Fig. 41.—The Koh-i-noor after being re-cut now the form represented in Fig. 41, its weightbeing reduced to I22J^ carats. In cutting it someparts were found to be very much harder thanothers. Though so much reduced in weight bythis operation the Koh-i-noor has been much im-proved in brilliancy and… … Fig. 42.—The Pigott. Another well-known diamond is the Pigott, whichwas brought from the Indies by Lord Pigott. Itsweight is 8îk carats. It was sold by lottery in1801 for the sum of 1139,500. Later it became theproperty of the Pasha of Egypt, who paid for it anequal sum. Fig. 42.
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