This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
To remove porcelain letters from glass, well clean the edges of the letters with the point of the blade of a pocket-knife. Then insert a very thin dinner-knife between the letter and the glass and work it carefully upwards; the joint will then break and the letters fall off.
 
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