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Excerpt from A Treatise on Ceramic Industries: A Complete Manual for Pottery, Tile, and Brick Manufacturers The lack of technical treatises devoted to Ceramics in the English language has long been a serious drawback to the progress alike of the student and the manufacturer, and in view of this fact, and also that during the last few years an increasing interest has been manifested in systematic ceramics, it has been felt that the reissue of such a work as this might prove opportune. M. Bourry's work has long been recognized as a standard work by the practical potter, who finds that the exhaustive researches of Seger demand more time for study than he can devote to such matters, whilst other works lack the good classification and concise method of statement which is one of the happiest features of M. Bourry's able book. Unlike many other works, it also treats, with equal fullness, of the manipulation of every class of ceramics from the common brick to the finest porcelain, and thus enables the reader to compare the effect of the general principles governing the results of most diverse manufactures. As the book is intended as a manual for practical men rather than a hand-book for the scientist, no attempt has been made in translating to revise the chemical nomenclature except where the subject seemed to be of special interest, and in most cases the popular names of chemicals have been retained. Obsolete theories have in some instances been omitted, and the general descriptions have been shortened as much as was thought to be possible without sacrificing clearness of expression or omitting important facts. At the same time, no attempt has been made to materially alter M. Bourry's original work. For this reason many of the statements made must be accepted on their own merits and not as necessarily representing the reviser's opinions. For the same reason, many illustrations in the original have been retained, though they represent French and not English machinery. In a few cases, illustrations of modern English machinery have been substituted. In a number of instances, special notes have been added where they appeared to be desirable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.