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known species of liquids, adapts it happily for mortars and different 

 kinds of chemical vessels." 



Of the " bamboo, or cane-coloured " ware, specimens 

 exist in most collections, and " Wedgwood Mortars " are, 

 of course, known universally to chemists, and are to be 

 found in every good household. 



In 1788, on the 20th of October, Thomas Wedgwood, the 

 relative and partner (so far as the " useful ware " was con- 

 cerned) of Josiah, died, and thus he was left, as he had 

 begun, sole proprietor of the great establishment he had 

 founded. In this same year another edition of the French 

 catalogue was issued. 



In 1789 a beautiful emblematical medallion, shown on the 

 accompanying engraving, from an example in Mr. Hall's col- 



lection, was produced by Josiah Wedgwood. It is said to 

 have been executed in clay brought from New South Wales, 

 commemorative of that then important event. Of this clay 

 Wedgwood, in 1790, communicated an account to the Royal 

 Society, which appears in the " Philosophical Transactions " 

 as an "Analysis of a Mineral Substance from New South 

 Wales." This medal possesses an additional interest from 



