[ 3°S 1 

 mers, and then is iPx order for tbrowirig', 

 and id moa ded into the forms in wHk * 

 is- to remain : This is the mofl: difficult 

 work in the whole manufadure. A boy 

 turns a perpendicular wheel, which, by 

 means of thongs, turns a fmall horizontal 

 one, juft before the thrower, with fuch 

 velocity, that it twirls round the lump of 

 clay he lays on it, into any form he direds 

 it with his fingers. 



The earnings of the people are various. 

 Grinders, 7 s. per week. 

 Waihers and breakers, 8 s. 

 Throwers, 91. to \zs. 

 Engine lath men, lOJ. to I2J"*. 

 Handlers, who fix hands, and other kinds 



of finiihers, for adding fprigs, horns, 



^c. 9 J-. to 12 J-. 

 Gilders, 



Men, 1 2 s. 

 Women, js, 6d. 

 Modellers, apprentices, one of 100/. a year. 

 Prefi'ers, 8 j. to 9 s. 

 Painters, ioj". to 12. s. 

 Moulders in plaifter of Paris, 8 s. 



* Mr. Wedgwood was the firft perfon who intro- 

 duced this machine into a porcelains manufacture. 



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