Process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing it or by applying a chemical treatment

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An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.

Women grind glass lenses while two customers try spectacles on. Coloured line engraving, 1799.

A lapidary, sitting at his foot-operated grinding wheel (above), an elevation and plan of his worktable (below). Engraving by B. L. Prevost after J. N. F. Boucher.

The workshop of the spectacle maker and examples of his craft. Line engraving by ÆB.

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Grinding and polishing

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Women grind glass lenses while two customers try spectacles on. Coloured line engraving, 1799.

A lapidary, sitting at his foot-operated grinding wheel (above), an elevation and plan of his worktable (below). Engraving by B. L. Prevost after J. N. F. Boucher.

An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.

The workshop of the spectacle maker and examples of his craft. Line engraving by ÆB.