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As a gardener, Monier was not satisfied with the materials available for making flowerpots. Clay was easily broken and wood weathered badly and could be broken by the plant roots. Monier began making concrete pots and tubs, but these were not stable enough. In order to strengthen the concrete containers, he experimented with embedded iron mesh.
The earliest ceramics made by humans were fired clay bricks used for building house walls and other structures. Other pottery objects such as pots, vessels, vases and figurines were made from clay , either by itself or mixed with other materials like silica , hardened by sintering in fire.
Dizzy cocktail glass, a glass with a wide, shallow bowl, comparable to a normal cocktail glass but without the stem; Faceted glass or granyonyi stakan; Highball glass, for mixed drinks [6] Iced tea glass; Juice glass, for fruit juices and vegetable juices; Old fashioned glass, traditionally, for a simple cocktail or liquor "on the rocks" or ...
A kidney-shaped tool made of flexible steel for finishing thrown pots, or made of stiff rubber for pressing and smoothing clay in a mould. Kiln A furnace for the firing of ceramics. Kiln furniture Refractory ceramic articles used to support ware during firing. Kiln spurs
Vitrification (from Latin vitrum 'glass', via French vitrifier) is the full or partial transformation of a substance into a glass, [1] that is to say, a non-crystalline or amorphous solid. Glasses differ from liquids structurally and glasses possess a higher degree of connectivity with the same Hausdorff dimensionality of bonds as crystals: dim ...
Vintage cranberry glass bowl The beaker with lid made from Gold Ruby is attributed to Johann Kunckel. Cranberry glass or ' Gold Ruby ' glass is a red glass made by adding gold salts or colloidal gold to molten glass. Tin, in the form of stannous chloride, is sometimes added in tiny amounts as a reducing agent. The glass is used primarily in ...
Glass databases are a collection of glass compositions, glass properties, glass models, associated trademark names, patents etc. These data were collected from publications in scientific papers and patents, from personal communication with scientists and engineers, and other relevant sources.
"Brown Betty" teapot made by Joseph Bourne & Son Ltd "Brown Betty" teapots made by James Sadler and Sons Ltd. A Brown Betty is a type of teapot, round and with a manganese brown glaze known as Rockingham glaze. [1] [2] The original teapots came from a red clay that was discovered in the Stoke-on-Trent area of Britain, in 1695. This clay ...