In describing the manner and process of converting the corkwood into the
various commercial forms, no attempt will be made to give a scientific
exposition of all the details, as being inconsistent with the character
of this monograph, nor will any other processes be described than the
ones in which the material being worked, is cork. This may exclude much
of interest to the reader, but the intent of this little work is purely
a corkwood exposition, and the desire to keep it so must prevail.
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NOVELTIES
In taking up the processes of manipulation we naturally start from the
beginning, but the beginning in this case has a peculiar significance as
relating to the whole, for it is apparent to utilize corkwood to the
fullest extent its qualities must be studied and the best, used first,
so that the beginning of the corkwood industry is peculiar in this fact,
that it takes the best part and leaves but scrap, which must be studied
carefully to realize the value lost in the first process; therefore, in
the manufacture of one article of corkwood it is necessary to make
provision for the scrap created, and this is a characteristic of all
such establishments.