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Grinding and polishing

Machining process in which two surfaces are rubbed together with an abrasive between them

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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.
  • An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
  • 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.
  • Women grind glass lenses while two customers try spectacles on. Coloured line engraving, 1799.
  • An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
  • An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.

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

    | Reference: 16260i
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    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.

    Boucher, Juste-Nathan, 1736-1782. | Reference: 40510i
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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.

    Maggiotto, Francesco, 1750-1805. | Reference: 16264i
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    The workshop of the spectacle maker and examples of his craft. Line engraving by ÆB.

    | Date: 1751-1772 | Reference: 16309i

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