Chapter VII: Part I: , =General Pottery Methods=. Definition and History

Definitions and Classification 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 Materials:
Disaggregation--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 Decoration.