product having about the consistency of cream. It 

 is then lawned and passed on to the blungers. 



The proportions of the materials used in making the 

 frit, and the materials themselves, vary according to 

 the purpose for which the frit is designed, but the 

 following formulas (by Sandeman) give a general idea 

 of the proportions used: 



Borax 120 Ibs. 



China-stone 120 " 



Flint 60 " 



Whiting 80 " 



China-clay 20 " 



or 



Tincal (native borax) 144 Ibs. 



Stone 84 " 



Flint 66 " 



Whiting 48 " 



China-clay 24 " 



or 



Boracic acid 88 Ibs. 



Soda ash 39 " 



China-clay 37 " 



China-stone 75 " 



Flint 75 " 



Whiting 52 " 



METHODS OF MAKING POTTERY BY HAND 



The last quarter of a century has seen machinery 

 rapidly replacing hand-work in Western potteries, al- 

 though the workmen themselves still find plenty of 

 tasks, only of somewhat different nature from those 

 of former years. It is not possible to give machinery 

 the brain of a workman although it can be made to 

 surpass him in speed and dexterity under his guiding 

 hand. And so while pottery-making machines have 



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