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Flues, Cornices Facing with Coloured Bricks Balustrades. Chapter IV., Tiles: 1, His- 

 tory; 2, Manufacture (1) Moulding, by Hand, by Machinery: Preparation of the Clay, Soft 

 Paste, Firm Paste, Hard Paste Preparation of the Slabs, Transformation into Flat Tiles, into- 

 Jointed Tiles Screw, Cam and Revolver Presses Particulars of Tile-presses (2) Drying 

 Planchettes, Shelves, Drying-barrows and Trucks (3) Firing Divided Kilns Installation of 

 Mechanical Tileworks Estimates ; 3, Shapes, Dimensions and Uses of the Principal Types 

 of Tile Ancient Tiles: Flat, Round, Roman, Flemish Modern Tiles With Vertical Inter- 

 rupted Join: Gilardoni's, Martin's; Hooked, Boulet's Villa; with Vertical Continuous Join: 

 Muller's, Alsace, Pantile Foreign Tiles Special Tiles Ridge Tiles. Coping Tiles, Border 

 Tiles, Frontons, Gutters, Antefixes, Membron, Angular Roofing Accessories: Chimney-pots, 

 Mitrons, Lanterns, Chimneys Qualities of Tiles Black Tiles Stoneware Tiles Particulars 

 of Tiles. Chapter V., Pipes: I. Conduit Pipes Manufacture Moulding : Horizontal 

 Machines, Vertical Machines, Worked by Hand and Steam Particulars of these Machines 

 Drying Firing II. Chimney Flues Ventiducts and " Boisseaux," " Waggons " Particulars 

 of these Products. Chapter VI., Quarries: 1, Plain Quarries of Ordinary Clay; 2, of Cleaned 

 Clay Machines, Cutting, Mixing, Polishing Drying and Firing Applications Particulars of 

 Quarries. Chapter VII., Terra-cotta : History Manufacture Application : Balustrades,. 

 Columns, Pilasters, Capitals, Friezes, Frontons, Medallions, Panels, Rose-windows, Ceilings 

 Appendix : Official Methods of Testing Terra-cottas. 



Part II. Made-up or Decorated Pottery. Chapter I., General Remarks on the Deco- 

 ration of Pottery: Dips Glazes: Composition, Colouring, Preparation, Harmony with 

 Pastes Special Processes of Decoration Enamfels, Opaque, Transparent, Colours. Under- 

 glaze, Over-glaze Other Processes : Crackling, Mottled, Flashing, Metallic Iridescence, 

 Lustres. Chapter II., Glazed and Enamelled Bricks History: Glazing Enamelling Appli- 

 cations: Ordinary Enamelled Bricks, Glazed Stoneware, Enamelled Stoneware Enamelled 

 Tiles. Chapter III., Decorated Quarries: I. Paving Quarries 1, Decorated with Dips 2 r 

 Stoneware: A, Fired to Stoneware; a, of Slag Base Applications; b, of Melting Clay 

 Applications B, Plain or Incrusted Stoneware; a, of Special Clay (Stoke-on-Trent) Manu- 

 facture Application 6, of Felspar Base Colouring, Manufacture, Moulding, Drying, Firing 

 Applications. II. Facing Quarries 1, in Faience A, of Limestone Paste B, of Silicious- 

 Paste C, of Felspar Paste Manufacture, Firing 2, of Glazed Stoneware 3, of Porcelain- 

 Applications of Facing Quarries. III. Stove Quarries Preparation of the Pastes, Moulding, 

 Firing, Enamelling, Decoration Applications Faiences for Fireplaces. Chapter IV., Archi- 

 tectural Decorated Pottery: 1, Faiences; 2, Stoneware; 3, Porcelain. Chapter V., 

 Sanitary Pottery: Stoneware Pipes : Manufacture, Firing Applications Sinks Applications- 

 Urinals, Seats and Pans Applications Drinking-fountains, Washstands. Index. 



A TREATISE ON THE CERAMIC INDUSTRIES. A 



Complete Manual for Pottery, Tile and Brick Works. By EMILE. 

 BOURRY, Ingenieur des Arts et Manufactures. Translated from the 

 French by WILTON P. Rix, Examiner in Pottery and Porcelain to the 

 City and Guilds of London Technical Institute, Pottery Instructor to- 

 the Hanley School Board. Royal 8vo. 1901. Over 700 pp. Price 

 21s. ; India and Colonies, 22s. ; Other Countries, 23s. 6d. ; strictly net. 



Contents. 



Part I., General Pottery Methods. Chapters I., Definition and History. Definitions- 

 and Classification of Ceramic Products Historic Summary of the Ceramic Art. II., Raw 

 Materials of Bodies. Clays : Pure Clay and Natural Clays Various Raw Materials : Analogous 

 to Clay Agglomerative and Agglutinative Opening Fusible Refractory Trials of Raw 

 Materials. III., Plastic Bodies. Propertiesand Composition Preparation of Raw Materials: 

 Disaggregation Purification Preparation of Bodies : By Plastic Method By Dry Method 

 By Liquid Method. IV., Formation. Processes of Formation : Throwing Expression 

 Moulding by Hand, on the Jolley, by Compression, by Slip Casting Slapping Slipping. V. r 

 Drying. Drying of Bodies Processes of Drying : By Evaporation By Aeration By 

 Heating By Ventilation By Absorption. VI., Glazes. Composition and Properties Raw 

 Materials Manufacture and Application. VII., Firing. Properties of the Bodies and Glazes- 

 during Firing Description of the Kilns Working of the Kilns. VIII., Decoration. Colouring: 

 Materials Processes of Decoration. 



Part II., Special Pottery Methods. Chapters IX., Terra Cottas. Classification: 

 Plain Ordinary, Hollow, Ornamental, Vitrified, and Light Bricks Ordinary and Black Tiles- 

 Paving Tiles Pipes Architectural Terra Cottas Vases, Statues and Decorative Objects 

 Common Pottery Pottery for Water and Filters Tobacco Pipes Lustre Ware Properties 

 and Tests for Terra Cottas. X., Fireclay Goods. Classification : Argillaceous, Aluminous,. 

 Carboniferous, Silicious and Basic Fireclay Goods Fireclay Mortar (Pug) Tests for Fireclay 

 Goods. XI., Faiences. Varnished Faiences Enamelled Faiences Silicious Faiences Pipe- 

 clay Faiences Pebble Work Feldspathic Faiences Composition, Processes of Manufacture 

 and General Arrangements of Faience Potteries. XII., Stoneware. Stoneware Properly So- 

 called : Paving Tiles Pipes Sanitary Ware Stoneware for Food Purposes and Chemical 

 Productions Architectural Stoneware Vases, Statues and other Decorative Objects Fine 

 Stoneware. XIII., Porcelain. Hard Porcelain for Table Ware and Decoration, for the Fire r 

 for Electrical Conduits, for Mechanical Purposes; Architectural Porcelain, and Dull or Biscuit 

 Porcelain Soft Phosphated or English Porcelain Soft Vitreous Porcelain, French and New 

 Sevres Argillaceous Soft or Seger's Porcelain Dull Soft or Parian Porcelain Dull Felds- 

 pathic Soft Porcelain. Index. 



