Patent Model - Improvement in Machines for Cutting Diamonds
Maker and role
Anthony Hessels (b.1833, d.1900), Patentee
Production date
Jul 01 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron
Measurements
7 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 6" (19.1 x 26.7 x 15.2cm)
Description
Hessels' patent "is intended to furnish an improved machine for cutting diamonds, so that the present slow and tedious process of cutting them by hand may be dispensed with and a more accurate cutting of the facets than by hand obtained at a considerable saving of time and labor." (Patent Number 216,955)
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Object number
2015.14.2920a,b
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