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 Contents. 



Introduction. The Rise and Progress of the Potter's Art — Bodies. China and Porcelain 

 Bodies, Parian Bodies, Semi-porcelain and Vitreous Bodies, Mortar Bodies, Earthenwares 

 Granite and C.C. Bodies, Miscellaneous Bodies, Sagger and Crucible Clays, Coloured 

 Bodies, Jasper Bodies, Coloured Bodies for Mosaic Painting, Encaustic Tile Bodies, Body 

 Stains, Coloured Dips — Glazes. China Glazes, Ironstone Glazes, Earthenware Glazes, 

 Glazes without Lead, Miscellaneous Glazes, Coloured Glazes, Majolica Colours — Gold and 

 Gold Colours. Gold, Purple of Cassius, Marone and Ruby, Enamel Coloured Bases, 

 Enamel Colour Fluxes, Enamel Colours, Mixed Enamel Colours, Antique and Vellum 

 Enamel Colours, Underglaze Colours, Underglaze Colour Fluxes, Mixed Underglaze Colours, 

 Flow Powders, Oils and Varnishes — Means and Methods. Reclamation of Waste Gold, 

 The Use of Cobalt, Notes on Enamel Colours, Liquid or Bright Gold— Classification and 

 Analysis. Classification of Clay Ware, Lord Playfair's Analysis of Clays, The Markets of 

 the World, Time and Scale of Firing, Weights of Potter's Material, Decorated Goods. 

 Count — Comparative Loss of Weight of Clays — Ground Felspar Calculations — The Conver- 

 sion of Slop Body Recipes into Dry Weight — The Cost of Prepared Earthenware Clay — 

 Forms and Tables. Articles of Apprenticeship, Manufacturer's Guide to Stocktakings 

 Table of Relative Values of Potter's Materials, Hourly Wages Table, Workman's Settling. 

 Table, Comparative Guide for Earthenware and China Manufacturers ir the use of Slop Flint 

 and Slop Stone, Foreign Terms applied to Earthenware and China Goods, Table for the 

 Conversion of Metrical Weights and Measures on the Continent and South America — Index, 



CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY : Being some Aspects of Tech- 

 nical Science as Applied to Pottery Manufacture. Edited by Charles 

 F. BiNNS. 100 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 12s. 6d. ; India and Colonies, 

 13s. 6d. ; Other Countries, 15s. ; strictly net. 



Contents. 



Preface — The Chemistry of Pottery — Analysis and Synthesis — Clays artd their Com- 

 ponents — The Biscuit Oven — Pyrometry — Glazes and their Composition — Colours and 

 Colour-making — Index. 



A TREATISE ON THE CERAMIC INDUSTRIES. A 



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

 BouRRY. 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. 760 pp. 323 Illustrations. Price 21s. ; India and Colonies, 22s. ; 

 Other Countries, 23s. 6d. ; strictly net. 



Contents. 



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

 cation of Ceramic Products — Historic Summary of the Ceramic Art — 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 

 Plastic Bodies. Properties and Composition — Preparation of Raw JMaterials : Disaggrega- 

 tion— Purification-Preparation of Bodies : By Plastic Method— By Dry Method— By Liquid 

 Method — Formation. Processes of Formation: Throwing— Expression— Moulding by Hand, 

 on the Jolley, by Compression, by Slip Casting— Slapping— Slipping— Drying. Drying of 

 Bodies — Processes of Drying : By Evaporation— By Aeration— By Heating— By Ventilation 

 —By Absorption — Glazes. Composition and Properties— Raw Materials — Manufacture 

 and Application— Firing. Properties of the Bodies and Glazes during Firing— Description 

 of the Kilns- Working of the Kilns — Decoration. Colouring Materials — Processes of 



Part li., Special Pottery Methods. 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 — Fireclay Goods. Classification : Argillaceous, Aluminous, Carboniferous, 

 Silicious and Basic Fireclay Goods— Fireclay Mortar (Pug)— Tests for Fireclay Goods- 

 Faiences. Varnished Faiences— Enamelled Faiences— Silicious Faiences— Pipeclay Faiences 



Pebble Work — Feldspathic Faiences — Composition, Processes of Manufacture and General 



Arrangements of Faience Potteries— Stoneware. Stoneware Properly So-called: Paving 

 T!les--Pipes— Sanitary Ware— Stoneware for Food Purposes and Chemical Productions— 

 Architer-tural Stoneware— Vases, Statues and other Decorative Objects— Fine Stoneware 

 —Porcelain. Hard Porcelain for Table Ware and Decoration, for the Fire, 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 Segcr's Porcelain— Dull Soft or Parian Porcelain— Dull Feldspathic 

 Soft Porcelain— Index. 



