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Description of  Notes on the Manufacture of Earthenware

Originally published in 1917, this very complete manual covers a wide range of material such as: definition of earthenware and general principles of its manufacture, the materials used in the composition of the body, the mixture of the materials for the body, the materials and their preparation for the glaze, models and moulds - processes used in their manufacture, the manufacture of articles from clay, pressing, casting, dishmaking, the application of machinery to potting, auxiliary plant and appliances required by machine jiggerers, the manufacture of clay ware by machinery, decoration of ware in the clay state, general remarks on clay ware, ovens and their construction, application of the glaze, and much more.