Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson (1903)
Wilson, H · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 44
when filing or engraving.The bench should stand very firmlyand be fixed to the floor, so that thereis no spring in the board when struckwith the hammer. Underneath theboard, around the bow of the semicircle,a leather sheepskin is nailed to forma receptacle for the filings of gold andsilver and to… … on the tray than if it fell into the skin.On the right-hand side of the bow the 37 Work flame for the blowpipe should be ar- Benches ranged (see fig. i, which shows a bench arranged for five workers). If gas be used the ordinary bench blowpipe is fixed
Silverwork · Jewelry
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