 ... arts. It is employed by lapidaries in the cutting and polishing of precious stones, by opticians in smoothing the surface of the finer kinds of lenses, preparatory to their being polished, by cutlers and other manufacturers of...  A Handy Dictionary of Commercial Information - Page 157by Edward T. Blakely - 1878 - 485 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 650 pages
...this property has rendered it an object of great request in various arts. 490 EMERY— EMIGRATION. It is employed by lapidaries in the cutting and polishing...opticians, in smoothing the surface of the finer kinds of glass, preparatory to theif being polished ; by cullers and other manufacturers of iron and steel instruments... | |
 | Morning walks - 1830 - 382 pages
...glad if you would tell me a little of the different uses to which emery is applied. Miss ANGERSTEIN. It is employed by lapidaries in the cutting and polishing...opticians, in smoothing the surface of the finer kinds of glass, preparatory to their being polished; by cutlers, and other manufacturers of iron and steel instruments... | |
 | William Bingley - 1831 - 314 pages
...nearly equal to adamantine spar, and this property has rendered it an object of great request in various arts. It is employed by lapidaries in the cutting...opticians, in smoothing the surface of the finer kinds of glass, preparatory to their being polished ; by cutlers, and other manufacturers of iron and steel... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1838 - 642 pages
...this property lias rendered it an object of great request in various arts. 490 EMERY— EMIGRATION. It is employed by lapidaries in the cutting and polishing...opticians, in smoothing the surface of the finer kinds of glass, preparatory to their being polished ; by cutlers and other manufacturers of iron and steel instruments... | |
 | Dictionary - 1844 - 412 pages
...in some parts of Spain, and is obtained from a few of the iron mines in Great Britain. In hardness it is nearly equal to adamantine spar, and this property...respective trades by locksmiths, glaziers, and other artizans. For all these purposes it is pulverized in large iron mortars or in steel mills ; and the... | |
 | 458 pages
...equal to adamantine spar, and this pro perty has rendered it an object of great requell in various arts. It is employed by lapidaries in the cutting and polishing of precious stonel; by opticians, in smoothing the surface of tl finer kinds of glass, preparatory to their bemg... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1874 - 530 pages
...adamantine spar, and it is this property which has rendered it an object of such request in various arts. It is employed by lapidaries in the cutting...being polished; by cutlers and other manufacturers of iron and steel instruments; by masons in the polishing of marble; and in their respective trades by... | |
 | 1901 - 532 pages
...and in a few iron-mines in Great Britain. It is employed in cutting and polishing precious stones ; in smoothing the surface of the finer kinds of lenses preparatory to their being polished; in the polishing of marble; by cutlers, locksmiths, glaziers, and other artisans. For all these purposes... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1921 - 658 pages
...and in a few iron mines in Great Britain. It is employed in cutting and polishing precious stones; in smoothing the surface of the finer kinds of lenses preparatory to their being polished ; in. the polishing of marble ; by cutlers, locksmiths, glaziers and other artisans. For all these... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1923 - 514 pages
...and in a few iron mines in Great Britain. It is employed in cutting and polishing precious stones ; in smoothing the surface of the finer kinds of lenses preparatory to their being polished ; in the polishing of marble ; by cutlers, locksmiths, glaziers and other artisans. For all these purposes... | |
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