Porcelain to Silica Bricks The Extreme Ceramics of William Weston Young (1776-1847) /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Edwards, Howell G.M (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Ceramics.; Glass.; Composites (Materials).; Composite materials.; Cultural heritage.; Spectroscopy.; Chemistry-History.; Fine arts.; Microscopy.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials.; Cultural Heritage.; Spectroscopy/Spectrometry.; History of Chemistry.; Fine Arts.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

The title of this book describes the two extremes of ceramic invention from aesthetically beautiful and decorative works of art that graced the tables of the aristocracy to the functional silica brick that lined the smelting furnaces of industrialised nations in the 19th century designed to produce...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• List of Tables
• Preface
• 1: Introduction
• 2: William Weston Young: His Life
• 3: The William Weston Young Diaries
• 4: Thomas Pardoe
• 5: Samuel Walker
• 6: Lewis Weston Dillwyn
• 7: William Billingsley
• 8: The Dinas Silica Brick
• 9: The Nantgarw Porcelain Body
• 10: The Nantgarw China Works Site
• 11: Epilogue
• Appendix I: Transcript Letter from Flight, Barr & Barr, Royal Worcester China Works, to Samuel Walker, Dated November 12th, 1814, with Notes and Commentary
• Appendix II: Notes on the Experimental production of Swansea Porcelain Bodies and Glazes Made by Lewis Weston Dillwyn with Samuel Walker at the Swansea China Works Between 1815 and !817
• Appendix III: The Purple of Cassius, with References to the Historical Literature
• Appendix IV : Raman Spectroscopy of Nantgarw Shards and Porcelain
• Subject Index
• Glossary of terms.