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| Ceramic A ceramic is an inorganic, non-metallic solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling. Ceramic materials may have a crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may be amorphous (e.g., a glass). As most common ceramics are crystalline, the definition of ceramic is often restricted to inorganic crystalline materials, as opposed to the non-crystalline glasses.The earliest ceramics were pottery objects made from clay, either by itself or mixed with other materials. Ceramic | |
| Kiln Kilns are thermally insulated chambers, or ovens, in which controlled temperature regimes are produced. They are used to harden, burn or dry materials. Specific uses include To dry green lumber so that the lumber can be used immediately Drying wood for use as firewood Heating wood to the point of pyrolysis to produce charcoal For annealing, fusing and deforming glass, or fusing metallic oxide paints to the surface of glass For cremation (at high temperature) Drying of tobacco leaves Firing of material, such as clay, to form ceramics Drying malted barley for brewing Smelting ore to extract metal Heating limestone with clay Kiln | |
| Pottery Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. Major types of pottery include earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. The places where such wares are made are called potteries. Pottery is one of the oldest human technologies and art-forms, and remains a major industry today. Ceramic art covers the art of pottery, whether in items made for use or purely for decoration. Pottery | |
| Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine_Spitfire | |
| Clay Clay is a naturally occurring material composed primarily of fine-grained minerals, which show plasticity through a variable range of water content, and which can be hardened when dried and/or fired. Clay deposits are mostly composed of clay minerals (phyllosilicate minerals), minerals which impart plasticity and harden when fired and/or dried, and variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure by polar attraction. Clay | |
| R. J. Mitchell R._J._Mitchell | |
| Arnold Bennett Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 - 27 March 1931) was an English novelist. Arnold_Bennett | |
| Havergal Brian William (Havergal) Brian (29 January 1876 28 November 1972), was a British classical composer.Brian acquired a legendary status at the time of his rediscovery in the 1950s and 1960s for the 32 symphonies he had managed to write, an unusually large number for any composer since Haydn or Mozart, and of which eight were completed after the age of 90.He is also notable for his creative persistence in the face of almost total neglect during the greater part of his long life. Havergal_Brian | |
| Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (; often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles (19Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Kidsgrove, Stoke forms the The Potteries Urban Area. This, together with the rural Staffordshire Moorlands area, forms North Staffordshire, which in 2001, had a population of 457,165. Stoke-on-Trent | |
| Teapot A teapot is a vessel used for steeping tea leaves or an herbal mix in near-boiling water. Tea may be either in a tea bag or loose, in which case a tea strainer will be needed, either to hold the leaves as they steep or to catch the leaves inside the teapot when the tea is poured. Teapot | |
| Lead poisoning Lead poisoning (also known as saturnism, plumbism, Devon colic, or painter's colic) is a medical condition caused by increased levels of the metal lead in the blood. Lead may cause irreversible neurological damage as well as renal disease, cardiovascular effects, and reproductive toxicity.Humans have been mining and using this heavy metal for thousands of years, poisoning themselves in the process due to accumulation, exposure and direct contact. Lead_poisoning | |
| Oliver Joseph Lodge Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, FRS (12 June 1851 wireless telegraph. Lodge, in his Royal Institution lectures ("The Work of Hertz and Some of His Successors"), coined the term "coherer." He gained the "syntonic" (or tuning) patent from the United States Patent Office in 1898. He was also credited by Lorentz (1895) with the first published description of the Length contraction hypothesis, in 1893. Oliver_Joseph_Lodge | |
| West Midlands (region) The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley, Solihull, Walsall and West Bromwich. The city of Coventry is also located within the West Midlands county, but is separated from the conurbation to the west by several miles of green belt. West_Midlands_(region) | |
| SylvaC SylvaC (with a deliberate capital C at the end) is a brand of British ornamental pottery characterised primarily by figurines of animals and Toby Jugs. The SylvaC company ceased production in 1982 although reproductions of SylvaC pieces were made by third parties after this date.The company was founded in 1894 by William Copestake and William Shaw. SylvaC | |
| Clarice Cliff Clarice Cliff (January 20, 1899 - October 23, 1972) was an English ceramic industrial artist active from 1922 to 1963. Cliff was born in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Clarice_Cliff | |
| Susie Cooper Susie Cooper (October 29, 1902 – July 28, 1995) was a prolific English ceramic designer working in the Stoke-on-Trent pottery industries from the 1920s to the 1980s. Susie_Cooper | |
| Edward Smith Edward_Smith | |
| Hanley, Staffordshire Hanley, Staffordshire, England, is one of the six major towns that joined together to form Stoke-on-Trent in 1910. Hanley was the only one of the six towns to be a county borough before the merger; its status was transferred to the enlarged borough. Hanley was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1857 and became a county borough with the passage of the Local Government Act 1888.It now acts as the city's main city-centre and shopping centre, the principal attraction being the Potteries Shopping Centre containing many high street chain stores. Hanley,_Staffordshire | |
| Bernard Leach Bernard Howell Leach, CBE, CH (January 5, 1887 May 6, 1979), was a British studio potter and art teacher. He is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery." Bernard_Leach | |
| John Harington (writer) John Harington (also spelled Harrington) (August 4, 1561 November 20, 1612) of Kelston was a courtier, author and master of art. He became a prominent member of Queen Elizabeth I's court, and was known as her 'saucy Godson'. But because of his poetry and other writings, he fell in and out of favour with the Queen, as well as with her successor, James I. John_Harington_(writer) |
