Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle (1855)
Forrester, Mark, ed, Forrester, Mark · Boston, F. & G.C. Rand · leaf 88
rations thewire may become a little crooked again. This is cured by the hammer-straightening, which is performed by females with tinnyhammers. After this is the scouring process, by which the needlesare rubbed one against another for eight hours. This is done by ascouring-machine, kept in motion by… … A CHAPTER FOR THE CHILDREN ABOUT NEEDLES. 81 have all heard of superior drilled-eyed needles; they are made byheating the heads ; then all the sharp points are taken out, and theyare drilled; the heads are rounded by small gmding-wheels, andthen they pass to the polishing-wheels, which are made of…
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