This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
Ivory may be polished by hard, medinm, and soft revolving brushes with wet whiting and water, finishing with a soft polishing bob charged with dry whiting or with putty powder. To polish ivory by hand, make a pad of thick flannel or blanketing and rub with whiting and water; finish with a new pad and dry whiting or putty powder. When finished, stand in the sun to bleach, if desired.
 
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