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

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Author(s):	Edwards, Howell G. M.
ISBN No.:	9783030105723
Pages:	xviii, 200
Year:	201902
Format:	Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
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List of Tables.- Preface.- 1: Introduction.- 1.1 References.- 2: William Weston Young: His Life.- 2.1.

The Three Nantgarw China Works Auction Sales.- 2.2. Thomas Pardoe at Nantgarw.- 2.3. Porcelain manufacture at Nantgarw, 1820-1822.- 2.

4. The Birth of the Silica Refractory Brick.- 2.5. William Weston Young's Interests Post the Silica Brick Invention.- 2.6. References.

- 3: The William Weston Young Diaries.- 3.1. References .- 4: Thomas Pardoe.- 4.1. References.

- 5: Samuel Walker.- 5.1. References.- 6: Lewis Weston Dillwyn.- 6.1. Alfred Russel Wallace: A Link Persona.

- 6.2. References.- 7: William Billingsley.- 7.1. References .- 8: The Dinas Silica Brick.

- 8.1. History of Brickmaking.- 8.2. Refractory Fire Bricks.- 8.3.

Dinas Rock Sandstone.- 8.4. The Silica "Firebrick".- 8.5. An Analytical Theme.- 8.

6. References.- 9: The Nantgarw Porcelain Body.- 9.1. The Nantgarw Porcelain Body Recipe .- 9.2.

The Nantgarw Glazes.- 9.3. The Chemical Components of Raw Materials in Nantgarw Paste and Glaze Formulations.- 9.4. References.- 10: The Nantgarw China Works Site.

- 10.1. Nantgarw Porcelain Shards: Their Origin and Analysis.- 10.2. A Prophetic Prediction.- 10.3.

Nantgarw Porcelain Analysis.- 10.4. Conclusions of Analyses of Nantgarw Porcelain Shards.- 10.5. Comparison of Analytical Data.- 10.

6. Analysis of Nantgarw Shards.- 10.7. Combination of Elemental and Molecular Analytical Techniques.- 10.8. SEM/EDAXS Analysis of Nantgarw Shards.

- 10.9. Nantgarw Shard Glaze Analysis.- 10.10. Raman Spectroscopy of Nantgarw Porcelain Shards.- 10.11.

Analytical Raman Spectroscopy.- 10.12. Nantgarw Pigments.- 10.13. References.- 11: Epilogue.

- 11.1. Nantgarw Porcelain: An Invariant Composition?.- 11.2. References.- 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.

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