A 4000-YEAR-OLD INDUSTRY. —Despite the efforts of modern commercial research gold leaf is still produced by beating with a hammer. This method was familiar under the Pharaohs of Egypt 4000 years ago. A section of the beating shop at the famous old firm of Messrs Geo. M. Whiley. London.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 365, 5 March 1932, Page 17 (Supplement)
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49A 4000-YEAR-OLD INDUSTRY.—Despite the efforts of modern commercial research gold leaf is still produced by beating with a hammer. This method was familiar under the Pharaohs of Egypt 4000 years ago. A section of the beating shop at the famous old firm of Messrs Geo. M. Whiley. London. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 365, 5 March 1932, Page 17 (Supplement)
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