Chapter I: Front Matter

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

In the numerous chemical formulae a subscripted number is shown as _{2}, so the familiar formula for water would be H_{2}O: H, subscript 2, O. This notation is needed to distinguish digits that are subscripts from digits that are multipliers, as for example in the formula Pb(OH)_{2}2PbCO_{3}, where the subscript 2 must be distinguished from the quantity multiplier 2 that follows it.

The Potter's Craft

A Practical Guide for the Studio and Workshop

_By_ CHARLES F. BINNS

_Director of the New York State School of Clay-Working
and Ceramics_ ¶ _Some time a Superintendent in the
Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, England_

_SECOND EDITION_
_SECOND PRINTING_

_26 PLATES AND 20 TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS_

[Colophon]

NEW YORK
D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY, INC.
EIGHT WARREN STREET

Copyright, 1910, 1922
by
D. Van Nostrand Company

_All rights reserved, including that of translation
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--_Ruskin._

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION

Since the publication of the first edition of this book eleven years have elapsed, years packed full of varied and interesting experiences.

During that time it has been the pleasant fortune of the author to conduct classes, especially summer classes, in the science and art of pottery production. These have been occasions of meeting many fine and noble personalities whom to know is a liberal education. As one of the consequences of these experiences the book has been revised and some new chapters have been written. Especial acknowledgments are due and are gratefully made to Elsie Binns for the chapter on Clay-Working for Children and to Maude Robinson for that on Alkaline Glazes.

The photographs are by the Taylor Studios, Hornell, N. Y.

C. F. B.
Alfred, New York.
March, 1922.