the old-timers tellof the method of preparing the materials. Suffice it tosay there was a crude receptacle constructed similar toa box, into which the clays were thrown and mixedwith water. In the box was a very primitive grindingapparatus, fastened to which was a long pole, and tothat pole was… … CLAY PRESSES. composed of the finest clays and materials, importedfrom England, Florida, North Carolina and Maine,having been carefully weighed, are thoroughly mixedwith water, and after being filtered through fine silkbolting cloth are put into hydraulic presses and thewater extracted. To the…
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