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> 調理用のアルミボウルを用いて、 **より** 半球に近づけるためにゴム製ハンマーでひたすらたたき続けた。

Using aluminum foil, (より?) to make it hemispherical, a rubber hammer was
repeatedly tapped.

If not for comparison, what is the purpose of より?
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Use of より in this sentence
It's an aluminium bowl (アルミボウル) rather than aluminium foil (アルミホイル).

Having said that, the usual pattern for より is "AよりB[のほう]" - "B more than A",
"B rather than A". But より can simply stand as an adverb before an い-adjective
or a verb to make a comparative, as in より大きい, "bigger". That's what's going on
here: より is modifying 近づける, "cause to approach". より近づける means "cause to
approach more", "bring nearer". 半球 is the indirect object. So this part of the
sentence means "Used a rubber hammer to bring it nearer to a hemisphere",
"went on beating it with a rubber hammer to make it more hemispherical in
form".
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