Van Buren, Thomas B. (Thomas Brodhead), 1824-1889, United States. Department of State · Yokohama : Printed at the "Japan Gazette" office · leaf 94
In several localities in Japan a single clay, as I havesaid, contains these materials in the exact proportionsrequired for the various kinds of porcelain. At Arita, in Hizen, they have a clay that contains78| per cent, of silica and 17| per cent, of alumina.From this clay they make the delicate… … 3at3uma Va^e, (IN POSSESSION OF THE WHITER. ) L 5 ] Nature seems tohave mixed these fusible and in-fusible materials ready for the potters hands in all thevarious proportions which he requires for all grades of pot-tery, from the dark opaque earthen ware to the light trans-lucent egg-shell…
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