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into elliptical or round pieces and ground on the convex or concave stones
already alluded to. The triturating medium used in grinding the lenses is a
substance called mal, a paste made of tne powder which falls from proc'ons
stones when they are in the hands of the almas-tarash or begri. When the
lens has been prepared of required strength it is given a smoothness and polish
by rubbing on a leather strop and the polishing medium is bari.
Aina-SaZ.—This is a looking-glass manufacturer. The quality of glass
necessary for this trader's business is not made in Lucknow. Light but
clear glass is brought from Calcutta and sold by bisatis, but a thick and clear
glass imported from Aleppo through Bombay is most highly esteemed. The
aina-saz merely cuts the glass and covers it on one side with tinfoil (panni)
and quicksilver (para). There are no famous aina-sazes in Lucknow and the
best looking-glasses are imported from Cawnpore and Delhi, and no trader of
this class in Lucknow can be called on to pay License Tax.
AlmaS Tarash.—This term is indifferently used in describing the
diamond-cutter proper and the begri, nagina saz and others, all of whom perform
different operations of trade and are really quite separate traders. It will be
convenient, however, to deal with all of them under this head as they are all
concerned with precious stones : and this article read with that on Jauhari will
give a complete view of the whole trade in precious stones and their counter-
feits.
The almas tarash (also called hakkak) cuts diamonds at a lathe with a
revolving steel disc called pats/in. This is set in motion with the ordinary kantdni
and tasmd such as carpenters use to move the barmd. Close to the putsan but
not quite touching it is a second disc which is stationary ; on the circumference
of this disc are fixed clasps called ghoriyd. In one of these the diamond is fastened.
Thepatsdn is set in motion and the ghoriyd holding the diamond is pressed against
the pidsdn by a lever called dnkurd. The diamond is cut by the surface of the
disc not by the circumference, else the facet cut would not be a plane but a curve.
The pntsdn is kept moist by the application of a paste or starch {mated) made of
the powder of diamonds gathered as the dust falls from the lathe.
Diamonds are cut either parab, polki, or kanwdl [vide Jauhari) and the.
diamond cutter is paid accordingly.
per rati.
Parab
Es. 3
Polki
A. y
Kanwal
„ 5 to 6
»
The begri is the cutter of other precious stones. There are many begris
in Lucknow but the last alnias-tarasn remaining in Lucknow in 1879 has gone
to Banaras.
into elliptical or round pieces and ground on the convex or concave stones
already alluded to. The triturating medium used in grinding the lenses is a
substance called mal, a paste made of tne powder which falls from proc'ons
stones when they are in the hands of the almas-tarash or begri. When the
lens has been prepared of required strength it is given a smoothness and polish
by rubbing on a leather strop and the polishing medium is bari.
Aina-SaZ.—This is a looking-glass manufacturer. The quality of glass
necessary for this trader's business is not made in Lucknow. Light but
clear glass is brought from Calcutta and sold by bisatis, but a thick and clear
glass imported from Aleppo through Bombay is most highly esteemed. The
aina-saz merely cuts the glass and covers it on one side with tinfoil (panni)
and quicksilver (para). There are no famous aina-sazes in Lucknow and the
best looking-glasses are imported from Cawnpore and Delhi, and no trader of
this class in Lucknow can be called on to pay License Tax.
AlmaS Tarash.—This term is indifferently used in describing the
diamond-cutter proper and the begri, nagina saz and others, all of whom perform
different operations of trade and are really quite separate traders. It will be
convenient, however, to deal with all of them under this head as they are all
concerned with precious stones : and this article read with that on Jauhari will
give a complete view of the whole trade in precious stones and their counter-
feits.
The almas tarash (also called hakkak) cuts diamonds at a lathe with a
revolving steel disc called pats/in. This is set in motion with the ordinary kantdni
and tasmd such as carpenters use to move the barmd. Close to the putsan but
not quite touching it is a second disc which is stationary ; on the circumference
of this disc are fixed clasps called ghoriyd. In one of these the diamond is fastened.
Thepatsdn is set in motion and the ghoriyd holding the diamond is pressed against
the pidsdn by a lever called dnkurd. The diamond is cut by the surface of the
disc not by the circumference, else the facet cut would not be a plane but a curve.
The pntsdn is kept moist by the application of a paste or starch {mated) made of
the powder of diamonds gathered as the dust falls from the lathe.
Diamonds are cut either parab, polki, or kanwdl [vide Jauhari) and the.
diamond cutter is paid accordingly.
per rati.
Parab
Es. 3
Polki
A. y
Kanwal
„ 5 to 6
»
The begri is the cutter of other precious stones. There are many begris
in Lucknow but the last alnias-tarasn remaining in Lucknow in 1879 has gone
to Banaras.