The pottery and porcelain of the United States; an historical review of American ceramic art from the earliest times to the present day (1893)
Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 30
e PROCESSES OF MANUFACTURE. form which is worked by a treadle with the left foot ofthe operator, and is still used in many of the smaller pot-teries. The subjoined engraving represents one of thesekick-wheels, as made at the present time by Messrs.Taplin, Rice, & Co., of Akron, Ohio. This firm… … 3.—Kick-Wheel (as now used). manufacture of circular and swelled vessels, such as jars,jugs, crocks, cuspidors, and umbrella jars. A jigger isa machine which carries a revolving mould, in which theclay is shaped by a former, which is brought down intothe mould and held in place by means of a lever.…
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