Diamond polishing machines, 19th century. Illustration of rotating shafts and wheels that power diamond polishing machines being used at left. Artwork

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Diamond polishing machines, 19th century. Illustration of rotating shafts and wheels that power diamond polishing machines being used at left. Artwork from volume 5 (1874) of a republication of 'Les Grandes Usines', a multi-volume work on French industry by journalist and author Julien Turgan (1824-1887).

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