A treatise on the origin, progressive improvement, and present state of the manufacture of porcelain and glass (1832)
[Porter, George Richardson], 1792-1852. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, Carey & Lea · leaf 49
ting.—Carefulness required in Drying. The operation of throwing consists in shaping such vesselsas have a circular form, and is performed upon a machine call-ed a potters lathe. This consists of an upright shaft, about the height of a com-mon table, on the top of which is fixed a circular piece of… … the shaft and board turn together. The shaft has a pulley fixedupon it by means of which it is turned, an endless band passinground the pulley from a wheel placed at a short distance, andwhich is ten times the diameter of the pulley; this wheel whenturned by a handle sets the lathe in motion. The…
Porcelain · Glass manufacture
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