﻿CONTENTS 
  

  

  PAOB 
  

  

  Preface 
  • 
  • 
  - 
  493 
  

  

  Origin 
  and 
  nature 
  of 
  clay 
  496 
  

  

  Mineralogy 
  of 
  clays. 
  503 
  

  

  Properties 
  of 
  clay 
  510 
  

  

  Chemical 
  properties 
  511 
  

  

  Methods 
  of 
  analyzing 
  5H0 
  

  

  The 
  rational 
  analysis 
  533 
  

  

  Physical 
  properties 
  . 
  538 
  

  

  Mechanical 
  analysis 
  561 
  

  

  Classification 
  of 
  clays 
  56 
  1 
  

  

  Uses 
  56i 
  

  

  Coloring 
  agents 
  565 
  

  

  Geologic 
  distribution 
  572 
  

  

  Occurrence 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  state. 
  572 
  

   Clays 
  of 
  Champlain 
  valley. 
  594 
  

  

  Long 
  Island 
  clays 
  595 
  

  

  Staten 
  Island 
  clays, 
  607 
  

  

  Occurrence 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  61 
  1 
  

  

  Clay-working. 
  628 
  

  

  Structure 
  of 
  clay 
  deposits 
  628 
  

  

  Prospecting 
  and 
  exploring 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  629 
  

  

  Methods 
  of 
  working 
  631 
  

  

  Purification 
  of 
  clay 
  683 
  

  

  Uses 
  of 
  clays 
  636 
  

  

  Characters 
  of 
  brick 
  clays 
  636 
  

  

  Burning 
  of 
  brick 
  clays 
  639 
  

  

  The 
  brickmaking 
  industry 
  643 
  

  

  Crushing 
  strength 
  of 
  bricks 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  647 
  

   Building 
  brick 
  industry 
  in 
  New 
  

  

  York 
  state 
  650 
  

  

  Methods 
  of 
  manufacturing 
  653 
  

  

  Cost 
  of 
  production 
  , 
  685 
  

  

  Detailed 
  account 
  of 
  brick 
  

  

  yards 
  686 
  

  

  Paving 
  brick 
  743 
  

  

  Terra 
  cotta 
  758 
  

  

  General 
  properties 
  758 
  

  

  Terra 
  cotta 
  clays 
  759 
  

  

  Terra 
  cotta 
  manufacture.. 
  ... 
  761 
  

  

  Roofing 
  tile 
  765 
  

  

  Sewer 
  pipe 
  767 
  

  

  Clays 
  used 
  767 
  

  

  Manufacture 
  of 
  sewer 
  pipe 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  7fi8 
  

   Drain 
  tile 
  770 
  

  

  FAOK 
  

  

  Hollow 
  brick, 
  terra 
  cotta 
  lumber, 
  

   fireproofing 
  773 
  

  

  Floor 
  tile 
  774 
  

  

  Decorative 
  tile. 
  777 
  

  

  Methods 
  of 
  tile 
  decoration 
  777 
  

  

  Fire 
  clays 
  781 
  

  

  Ref 
  ract< 
  ry 
  clay 
  products 
  783 
  

  

  Manufacture 
  of 
  fire 
  brick 
  784 
  

  

  Glass 
  pot 
  clays 
  786 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  fire 
  clays 
  788 
  

  

  Pottery 
  791 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  different 
  grades. 
  791 
  

  

  Methods 
  of 
  manufacture 
  798 
  

  

  Methods 
  of 
  decoration 
  . 
  . 
  ... 
  814 
  

   New 
  York 
  stoneware 
  clays. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  817 
  

   Pottery 
  Indus 
  trv 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  823 
  

  

  Shales 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  825 
  

  

  Distribution 
  and 
  properties. 
  . 
  . 
  826 
  

   Feldspar 
  and 
  quartz 
  841 
  

  

  Minor 
  uses 
  of 
  clays 
  845 
  

  

  Portland 
  cement 
  845 
  

  

  Mineral 
  paint 
  848 
  

  

  Clarifying 
  oils 
  and 
  fulling 
  

  

  earth 
  848 
  

  

  Filling 
  paper 
  852 
  

  

  Food 
  adulterants 
  853 
  

  

  Ultramarine 
  manufacture 
  852 
  

  

  Polishing 
  and 
  abrasive 
  mate- 
  

   rials 
  852 
  

  

  Road 
  materials 
  853 
  

  

  Puddle 
  853 
  

  

  Testing 
  of 
  clay 
  wares 
  854 
  

  

  Porosity 
  or 
  permeability 
  854 
  

  

  Breaking 
  strength 
  855 
  

  

  Hardness 
  test 
  855 
  

  

  Determination 
  of 
  deleterious 
  

  

  impurities 
  856 
  

  

  Determination 
  of 
  soluble 
  salts. 
  856 
  

  

  Resistance 
  to 
  weathering 
  856 
  

  

  Resistance 
  to 
  acids 
  857 
  

  

  Abrasion 
  test 
  857 
  

  

  Sections 
  of 
  clay 
  deposits 
  858 
  

  

  Clay 
  analyses 
  860 
  

  

  Bibliography 
  of 
  clay 
  literature. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  908 
  

  

  Directory 
  of 
  clay 
  workers 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  state 
  913 
  

  

  Index 
  92? 
  

  

  