Homer Laughlin China Company · The Company, Newell, W. Va. · leaf 15
s forcedunder high pressure into a press where a peculiararrangement of steel chambers packed with heavycanvas allows the water to escape, filtered pure andclear, but retains the clay in discs or leaves weighingabout thirty pounds each. From the presses thisdamp clay is taken out to the pug mills,… … JNTERIOR of a kiln, showing how the saggers arepacked for firing. The exact process of handling the clay differs witharticles of different shapes. Some are molded by handin plaster of paris molds of proper shape, while others are formed bymachine. To make a plate, for example, the workman takes a…
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