text_original: When a hard stone is pounded in an agate mortar it is scarcely possible to avoid losing a little of it. The best method of proceeding; is to mix the matter to be pounded (previously reduced to a coarse pow  der in a diamond mortar) with a little water.
text_transcription: WHEN A HARD STONE IS POUNDED IN AN AGATE MORTAR IT IS SCARCELY POSSIBLE TO AVOID LOSING A LITTLE OF IT THE BEST METHOD OF PROCEEDING IS TO MIX THE MATTER TO BE POUNDED PREVIOUSLY REDUCED TO A COARSE POWDER IN A DIAMOND MORTAR WITH A LITTLE WATER
phonemes: wˌɛn ɐ hˈɑːɹd stˈoʊn ɪz pˈaʊndᵻd ɪn ɐn ˈæɡeɪt mˈɔːɹɾɚɹ ɪɾ ɪz skˈɛɹsli pˈɑːsᵻbəl tʊ ɐvˈɔɪd lˈuːzɪŋ ɐ lˈɪɾəl ʌv ɪt. ðə bˈɛst mˈɛθəd ʌv pɹəsˈiːdɪŋ; ɪz tə mˈɪks ðə mˈæɾɚ təbi pˈaʊndᵻd (pɹˈiːviəsli ɹᵻdˈuːst tʊ ɐ kˈɔːɹs pˈaʊ dˈɛɹ ɪn ɐ dˈaɪəmənd mˈɔːɹɾɚ) wɪð ɐ lˈɪɾəl wˈɔːɾɚ.