Making and Knowing
A minimal edition of BnF Ms Fr 640 in English Translation

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Polishing stones

There are three wheels for this purpose, one of tin, one of lead, and one of pure copper. On the copper wheel, only diamonds, rubies, sapphires and oriental jacinths are usually polished. The tin wheel is for softer stones such as emeralds, amethysts and others.