Abbott's American Watchmaker and Jeweler

How to true a balance, repair a chipped dial, temper a spring or test a stone — the working bench-book of the American watch trade, arranged A to Z.

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Damaskeen

To decorate a metal by the inlaying of other metals, or by etching designs upon its surface. The embellishment of the surface of metals with rings or bars is snailing and is not damaskeening, although improperly called so by watchmakers and watch factory employees particularly. See Snailing, also Electro Plating, Bronzing and Staining.

DAY. The whole time or period of one revolution of the earth on its axis.

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