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00:00Nine separate layers of plaster are applied, to a thickness of one-eighth of an inch.
00:11Moulding takes about six hours, and a fine smooth surface is imparted to the world in miniature.
00:25Once the globe is set and dried, it passes to another department where the covering map is pasted on.
00:31Like restoring the skin to a peeled orange, the coloured printed sections exactly cover the surface.
00:36But the covering process calls for a keen eye and steady hand.
00:40A fraction of an inch out will put the world miles out of joint.
00:51Globes come in a large variety of sizes and purposes, from an inch in diameter to six feet, and ranging in price from sixteen shillings to a thousand pounds.
00:58For a thousand pounds.