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 Contents. 



Ruby Ruby from Copper Flint tor using with the Ruby for Coating A German Metal- 

 Cornelian, or Alabaster Sapphire Blue Crysophis Opal Turquoise Blue Gold Colour- 

 Dark Green Green (common) Green for Malachite Blue for Malachite Black for Mela- 

 chite Black Common Canary Batch Canary White Opaque Glass Sealing-wax Red- 

 Flint Flint Glass (Crystal and Demi) Achromatic Glass Paste Glass White Enamel- 

 Firestone Dead White (for moons) White Agate Canary Canary Enamel Index. 



COLOURING AND DECORATION OP CERAMIC 



WARE. By ALEX. BRONGNIART. With Notes and Additions 

 by ALPHONSE SALVETAT. Translated from the French. 200 pp. 1898. 

 Price 7s. 6d. ; India and Colonies, 8s. ; Other Countries, 8s. 6d. ; 

 strictly net. 



Contents. 



The Pastes, Bodies or Ceramic Articles Capable of being Decorated by Verifiable Colours 

 The Chemical Preparation of Verifiable Colours Composition and Preparation of Verifiable 

 Colours The OxidesPreparation of Oxides Preparation of Chromates Preparation of 

 other Colours Composition and Preparation of Fluxes Muffle Colours Recipes for Colours 

 Use of Metals Lustres Preparation and Application of Colours Composition of Coloured 

 Pastes Underglaze Colours Colours in the Glaze Overglaze Colours Painting in Vitri- 

 fiable Colours Gilding Burnishing Printing Enlarging and Reducing Gelatine Prints 

 Muffle Kilns for Verifiable Colours Influence of the Material on the Colour Changes Re- 

 sulting from the Actions of the Fire Alterations Resulting from the Colours Alterations in 

 Firing. 



HOW TO ANALYSE CLAY. Practical Methods for Prac- 

 tical Men. By HOLDEN M. ASHBY, Professor of Organic Chemistry, 

 Harvey Medical College, U.S.A. Twenty Illustrations. 1898. Price 

 2s. 6d. ; Abroad, 3s. ; strictly net. 



Contents. 



List of Apparatus List of Atomic Weights Use of Balance, and Burette, Sand Bath, and 

 Water Bath Dessicator Drying Oven Filtering Fusion Determination of Water, Organic 

 Matter, Iron, Calcium, Alkalies, Limestone, Silica, Alumina. Magnesium, etc. Mechanical 

 Analysis Rational Analysis Standard Solutions Volumetric Analysis Standards for Clay 

 Analysis Sampling. 



ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY. Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, Ena- 

 melled Terra-cottas, Ordinary and Incrusted Quarries, Stoneware 

 Mosaics, Faiences and Architectural Stoneware. By LEON LEFEVRE. 

 With Five Plates. 950 Illustrations in the Text, and numerous estimates. 

 500 pp., royal 8vo. 1900. Translated from the French by K. H. BIRD, 

 M.A., and W. MOORE BINNS. Price 15s.; India and Colonies, 16s.; 

 Other Countries, 17s. 6d. ; strictly net. 

 Contents. 



Part I. Plain Undecorated Pottery. Chapter I., Clays: 1, Classification, General Geo- 

 logical Remarks. Classification, Origin, Locality ; 2, General Properties and Composition : 

 Physical Properties, Contraction, Analysis, Influence of Various Substances on the Properties 

 of Clays; 3, Working of Clay-Pits I. Open Pits : Extraction, Transport, Cost II. Under- 

 ground Pits Mining Laws. Chapter II., Preparation of the Clay : Weathering, Mixing 

 Cleaning, Crushing and Pulverising Crushing Cylinders and Mills, Pounding Machines 

 Damping : Damping Machines Soaking, Shortening, Pugging : Horse and Steam Pug-Mills, 

 Rolling Cylinders Particulars of the Above Machines. Chapter III., Bricks : 1, Manufacture 

 (1) Hand and Machine Moulding. I. Machines Working by Compression : on Soft Clay, on 

 Semi-Firm Clay, on Firm Clay, on Dry Clay. II. Expression Machines: with Cylindrical Pro- 

 pellers, with Screw Propellers Dies Cutting-tables Particulars of the Above Machines 

 General Remarks on the Choice of Machines Types of Installations Estimates Plenishing, 

 Hand and Steam Presses, Particulars (2) Drying, by Exposure to Air, Without Shelter, and 

 Under Sheds Drying-rooms in Tiers, Closed Drying-rooms, in Tunnels, in Galleries De- 

 tailed Estimates of the Various Drying-rooms, Comparison of Prices Transport from 

 the Machines to the Drying-rooms, Barrows, Trucks, Plain or with Shelves, Lifts (3) Firing 

 I. In Clamps II. In Intermittent Kilns. ,4, Open: a, using Wood; b Coal; 6', in Clamps ; 

 6", Flame B, Closed : c, Direct Flame; c', Rectangular; c", Round; d, Reverberatory III. 

 Continuous Kilns : C, with Solid Fuel : Round Kiln, Rectangular Kiln, Chimneys (Plans and 

 Estimates) D, With Gas Fuel, Fillard Kiln (Plans and Estimates), Schneider Kiln (Plans and 

 Estimates), Water-gas Kiln Heat Production of the Kilns ; 2, Dimensions, Shapes, Colours, 

 Decoration, and Quality of Bricks Hollow Bricks, Dimensions and Prices of Bricks, Various 

 Shapes, Qualities Various Hollow Bricks, Dimensions, Resistance, Qualities; 3, Applications 

 History Asia, Africa, America, Europe : Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Turkish, Romanesque, 

 Gothic, Renaissance, Architecture Architecture of the Nineteenth Century: in Germany, 

 England, Belgium, Spain, Holland, France, America Use of Bricks Walls Arches Pavements 



