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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"stoneware"”.
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The determination of the operating characteristics of an 18- inch stoneware gas absorption tower
The 18-inch coke-packed absorption tower used in this investigation was located in the Unit Operations Laboratory of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia. During the course of this work a number of changes and additions to existing equipment …
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The determination of the operating characteristics of an 18-inch stoneware coke-packed gas absorption tower
… of the operating characteristics of an 18 stoneware absorption tower twenty-one feet high, fifteen feet of which were random packed with 1 ½ to 2 inch coke. The tower was located in the Unit Operation Laboratory of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, …
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Produção de grês porcelanato a partir de matérias-primas do estado da Bahia
… producting ceramics tiles. Porcelainized stoneware tiles is one of the noblest ceramics, depicting low water absorption (typically below of 0,5%), in addition to excellent staining resistance and mechanical strength. The present work aims at investigating the potential of local raw …
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Nineteenth century stoneware manufacturing at Pottersville, South Carolina: the discovery of a dragon kiln and the reinterpretation of a southern pottery tradition
… place of the manufacture of alkaline-glazed stoneware vessels in the Americas. The founding ceramic entrepreneurs of the Pottersville kiln attempted to produce porcelain and other products during a period of limited trade interaction with China. The Pottersville proprietors drew upon ceramic …
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Thermomechanical modelling of powder compaction and sintering
… to accurately describe forming and sintering of stoneware ceramics and can therefore be used to analyze and optimize industrial processes involving compaction of powders and subsequent firing of the greens.
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Agrarian Impressions
… As the title Agrarian Impressions implies, the stoneware sculptures are based upon memories from growing up on a self-sufficent farm. In addition to my functional work, my sculptures reference tools and machines used to aid the production and harvest of crops and troughs and animal feeders. …
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Capitalist Entrepreneurs and Industrial Slavery in the Rural Antebellum South
<p>While the alkaline glazed stoneware potteries of the Old Edgefield District of South Carolina have previously been categorized as a Southern 'folk tradition', recent research regarding the extent of production and labor organization, along with the social and cultural milieu, reveal an early …
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Commodity of choice: gender roles, racial dynamics, and material consumption patterns at New Philadelphia, Illinois
… assemblages: a larger percentage of utilitarian stoneware ceramic artifacts from Louisa’s home site. The larger percentage of stoneware in the overall ceramic assemblage suggests a larger than typical amount of home industry was being performed at the house; containers for salting or otherwise …
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Utilitarian and Industrial Ceramics of Montana in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
This thesis answers the question: What type of utilitarian and industrial ceramics were being produced or brought into Montana in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? This question came from correspondences with the Montana Historical Society where the main research took place. This …
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Utilitarian and Industrial Ceramics of Montana in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
This thesis answers the question: What type of utilitarian and industrial ceramics were being produced or brought into Montana in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? This question came from correspondences with the Montana Historical Society where the main research took place. This …
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Newfangled.
<p>This thesis paper supports the Master of Fine Arts exhibition at the B. Carroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, from March 9th through April 22nd, 2010. The exhibit is comprised of 62 unique ceramic pieces, which are presented on pedestals and wall mounted shelves. The exhibition …
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The Porcelain Groups
My background in clay has emphasized the development of technical considerations in functional ceramics as well as the search for personal images. The past two years have seen an emphasis on the exploration of technical areas chosen to lead to the development of a familiarity with techniques and a …
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Foliage and Fabrication
In my photographic work, I contrast natural and man-made objects abstracted by manipulation of scale. Details of the objects are blown up to proportions larger than life. By distorting the scale, I aim to allow the audience to view the image out of context, enabling the viewer to see it for its …
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Material culture, social networks, and the Chinese of Ouray, Colorado, 1880-1920
This study examines a sample of artifacts recovered from the Vanoli Site (5OR30) encompassing a privy and trash midden located directly behind an historic Chinese laundry. Previous research in Overseas Chinese archaeology has focused on historically large Chinese communities and processes of …
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Catching Fire
This support paper is intended to give both a technical and theoretical background for my thesis show. The primary exploration is wood firing and its ability to capture the flames movement in the kiln. This work is inspired by transient natural phenomena. I draw the comparison between the movement …