A Treatise On the Origin, Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Manufacture of Porcelain and Glass
- Author(s): George Richardson Porter
- Category: Glass
- Publisher: Philadelphia: Carey & Lea
- Publish year: 1832
- ISBN: 9678000000880
- Number of Pages: 296
The formation of earthen vessels capable of containing fluid substances is an art of the very highest antiquity. In the rudest stages of society, the want of such vessels would call forth the inventive powers of mankind ; and, probably, the hard shells of some vegetable productions, such as gourds and the larger descriptions of nuts, would be first adapted to the purpose. The pliant and infrangible nature of the skins of animals taken in the chase would, at a very early period, point them out as convenient recipients for fluids ; but the prepara- tion of these, as well as the fashioning and hollowing of wooden bowls, supposes a previous knowledge of some manual arts, and implies the possession of tools. After even these had been attained, and supposing that the existence of fire, and its use in preparing food, had become known, vessels formed of wood, or of the hides of animals, would be of little use in rendering that knowledge available.
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A TREATISE ON THE ORIGIN, PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT AND PRESENT STATE OF THE MANUFACTURE OF PORCELAIN AND GLASS
LIST OF WOOD ENGRAVINGS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I HISTORICAL NOTICES OF THE MANUFACTURE
CHAPTER II GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF INGREDIENTS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE
CHAPTER III ON THE PREPARATION OF MATERIALS
CHAPTER IV ON THE FORMATION OF UTENSILS
CHAPTER V ON THE PROCESSES OF FIRING AND GLAZING
CHAPTER VI ON THE ART OF APPLYING COLORS AND ENGRAVINGS TO EARTHENWARE
CHAPTER VII ON THE MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO PIPES
CHAPTER VIII ON THE PORCELAIN MANUFACTURE OF CHINA
MANUFACTURE OF GLASS
CHAPTER I ON THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF GLASS, AND THE HISTORY OF ITS MANUFACTURE
CHAPTER II ON THE VARIOUS INGREDIENTS EMPLOYED IN MAKING GLASS
CHAPTER III ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF FURNACES, ETC
CHAPTER IV ON THE MANUFACTURE OF FLINT GLASS
CHAPTER V ON THE MANUFACTURE OF CROWN GLASS, BROAD GLASS, AND BOTTLE GLASS
CHAPTER VI ON THE MANUFACTURE OF PLATE GLASS
CHAPTER VII ON THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL GEMS
CHAPTER VIII ON THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS FROM CALCINED BONES
CHAPTER IX ON THE USES OF THE BLOWPIPE, AND ON VARIOUS SMALL MANUFACTURES OF GLASS
CHAPTER X ON THE FORMATION OF LENSES
CHAPTER XI ON THE PRINCIPAL DEFECTS OBSERVABLE IN GLASS
CHAPTER XII ON THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF GLASS
CHAPTER XIII ON THE ART OF COLORING GLASS
CHAPTER XIV ON THE ART OF STAINING AND PAINTING GLASS
CHAPTER XV ON THE ART OF CUTTING, ENGRAVING, AND ETCHING ON GLASS
CHAPTER XVI ON THE DEVITRIFICATION OF GLASS
INDEX