Associations to the word «Verneuil»

Wiktionary

VERNEUIL PROCESS, noun. The first commercially successful method of manufacturing synthetic gemstones, involving the melting of a finely powdered substance using an oxyhydrogen flame and crystallising the melted droplets into a boule.

Wise words

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