How much work goes into flattening gold leaf? 20,000 hammer blows

Used in Buddhist rituals, the shining foil decorating pagodas is about 30 times thinner than a human hair.

The World's Greatest Goldbeater

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Boy's Book of Trades and the

The Boiler Maker - Clpdigital.org

JULES VERNE JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH - Ibiblio

Shells and Mother of Pearl - Duke of Pearl

I was hitting a piece of metal with a hammer to flatten it. When I

Can I Add More Helium to a Foil Balloon? : Bargain Balloons

Myanmar (Burma) National Geographic

Hingst's Sign Post: Gold Beating: How Gold Leaf is Made

Gold National Geographic