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Picture of William D. White
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Everyone,

Thanks to the miracle of Google Books, I found this article which was published in the Oct. 1922 issue of Industry Illustrated. This dovetails nicely with my 2010 post of how I make watch crystals today which can be found HERE

If today's flat microsheet glass was available then, the process would have been much easier! ...Enjoy.

William
 
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Posts: 1568 | Location: San Francisco, California USA | Registered: September 01, 2008
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Posts: 1568 | Location: San Francisco, California USA | Registered: September 01, 2008
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Posts: 1568 | Location: San Francisco, California USA | Registered: September 01, 2008
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Totally cool! Thanks for posting this William.
 
Posts: 542 | Location: Ontario in Canada | Registered: February 10, 2010
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Very interesting. I remember your post on your equipment and how you do it. Is that new Lathe for a part of the crystal making process?
 
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Great find William!

Google Books is a wonderful tool, I can imagine how tickled you were to find this.

For those who are not aware of William's manufacturing process please take a look HERE (Same link as in the first post of this thread).
 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
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An old trade card,

 
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Wow (to everything) here.

kh
 
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Thank you for posting that. I found it very interesting.
 
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