1978 reprint with corrections. Preface; Introduction; Historical Development of Fine Ceramics; Statistics of the Fine Ceramic Industry in USA; Kaolin; Ball and Other Pottery Clays; Talc, Pyrophyllite and Wollastonite; Feldspars and Other Fluxes; Nonplastic and Other Raw Materials; Ceramic Forming with the Casting Slips; Forming Plastic Masses; Drying and Finishing; Fine Ceramic Bodies; Glazes; Ceramic Colors; Effect of Heat on Clay and Fine Ceramics Bodies; Life History of the Glaze; Kilns; Semivitreous Ware; Hotel China; Hard Porcelain; Bone China; Ceramic Kitchenware; Vitrified Plumbing Fixtures; Tiles; High-tension Electrcal Porcelains; Low-tension Porcelain Insulators; Special Electrical Ceramics; Special Refractories; Other Products and Processes; Appendix; Index. ; b&w, drawings, tables,charts; 4to; 507 pp