The pictorial press: its origin and progress (1885)
Jackson, Mason · London : Hurst and Blackett · leaf 331
n the lastfew years a supply of box-wood has been obtained fromthe forests in the neighbourhood of the Caspian Sea ; butTurkey box is becoming dearer every year and inferior inquality. After the wood is cut in the forest, it is broughtdown on horseback to the nearest river, put on board flat-bottom… … BACK OF A BI.OCE, SHOWING THE WAY IN -nilicn THE PAKTS AKE FASTENEDTOGETIIEH. The wood intended for engraving purposes is first care-fully selected and then cut up into transverse slices about aninch thick. After being cut, the pieces are placed in rackssomething like plate-racks, and thoroughly…
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