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Description:Excerpt from Handbook to the Collection of British Pottery and Porcelain: In the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, London, S. WWhen the sanction of the Treasury was given, in 1835, to the sus gestion that advantage should be taken of the progress of the Geological Survey to form collections illustrative of the mineral wealth of the country, and of the application of its various mineral substances to the useful pur poses of life, the Geological Survey was engaged upon Cornwall. Among the important substances there obtained were certain granite rocks known as Cornish or China-stone, and an artificial product named Cornish or China-clay, substances then largely employed in the composition and manufacture of porcelain and of certain earthenwares, and still more extensively used for these manufactures in the present day. The speci mens of these mineral substances obtained for the Museum, then in Craig's Court, immediately led to collections of others illustrative of the earthenware and porcelain more or less manufactured with them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Handbook to the collection of British pottery and porcelain in the Museum of ... [Leather Bound]. To get started finding Handbook to the collection of British pottery and porcelain in the Museum of ... [Leather Bound], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Handbook to the Collection of British Pottery and Porcelain: In the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, London, S. WWhen the sanction of the Treasury was given, in 1835, to the sus gestion that advantage should be taken of the progress of the Geological Survey to form collections illustrative of the mineral wealth of the country, and of the application of its various mineral substances to the useful pur poses of life, the Geological Survey was engaged upon Cornwall. Among the important substances there obtained were certain granite rocks known as Cornish or China-stone, and an artificial product named Cornish or China-clay, substances then largely employed in the composition and manufacture of porcelain and of certain earthenwares, and still more extensively used for these manufactures in the present day. The speci mens of these mineral substances obtained for the Museum, then in Craig's Court, immediately led to collections of others illustrative of the earthenware and porcelain more or less manufactured with them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Handbook to the collection of British pottery and porcelain in the Museum of ... [Leather Bound]. To get started finding Handbook to the collection of British pottery and porcelain in the Museum of ... [Leather Bound], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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