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History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)

Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · New York, Scribner · leaf 503

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mouthsof the pipes were sometimes stopped with baked clay stoppers to moderate the heat.The upper part or domeof the kiln is neverfound entire, havingbeen generally destroyedhere, as elsewhere, bythe superincumbentearth. Walls of strongmasonry separated andprotected the space be-tween the mouth of… … SECTION OF KILN AT HEILIGENBEKG. KILNS AT HEILIGENBERG 451 but all constructed on the same plan. The floor of the ovenwas over 3 feet below the top of the walls, and was coveredwith tiling, the walls being formed of rough slabs of clay,about 28 b}- 16 inches in size. The floors of the ovens werein…

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