Rock-Boring with Diamonds

"the economical superiority of diamond drills over all others, even in rock drilling, however improbable at first sight, has now been perfectly established; and since the first application of the principle by M. Leschot, of Paris, France, in 1860, their use has extended over all the civilized world...."
(1870 Manufacturer and Builder Magazine)

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