Chapter V: 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.