Part I. =plain Undecorated Pottery.=--Chapter I., Clays: Sec. 1,

Classification, General Geological Remarks.--Classification, Origin, Locality; Sec. 2, General Properties and Composition: Physical Properties, Contraction, Analysis, Influence of Various Substances on the Properties of Clays; Sec. 3, Working of Clay-Pits--I. Open Pits: Extraction, Transport, Cost--II. Underground Pits--Mining Laws. Chapter II., Preparation of the Clay: Weathering, Mixing, Cleaning, Crushing and Pulverising--Crushing Cylinders and Mills, Pounding Machines--Damping: Damping Machines--Soaking, Shortening, Pugging: Horse and Steam Pug-Mills, Rolling Cylinders--Particulars of the Above Machines. Chapter III., Bricks: Sec. 1, Manufacture--(1) Hand and Machine Moulding,--I. Machines Working by Compression: on Soft Clay, on Semi-Firm Clay, on Firm Clay, on Dry Clay.--II. Expression Machines: with Cylindrical Propellers, with Screw Propellers--Dies--Cutting-tables--Particulars of the Above Machines--General Remarks on the Choice of Machines--Types of Installations--Estimates--Plenishing, Hand and Steam Presses, Particulars--(2) Drying, by Exposure to Air, Without Shelter, and Under Sheds--Drying-rooms in Tiers, Closed Drying-rooms, in Tunnels, in Galleries--Detailed Estimates of the Various Drying-rooms, Comparison of Prices--Transport from the Machines to the Drying-rooms, Barrows, Trucks, Plain or with Shelves, Lifts--(3) Firing--I. In Clamps--II. In Intermittent Kilns. A, Open: a, using Wood; b Coal; b', in Clamps; b'', Flame--B, Closed: c, Direct Flame; c', Rectangular; c'', Round; d, Reverberatory--III. Continuous Kilns: C, with Solid Fuel: Round Kiln, Rectangular Kiln, Chimneys (Plans and Estimates)--D, With Gas Fuel, Fillard Kiln (Plans and Estimates), Schneider Kiln (Plans and Estimates), Water-gas Kiln--Heat Production of the Kilns; Sec. 2, Dimensions, Shapes, Colours, Decoration, and Quality of Bricks--Hollow Bricks, Dimensions and Prices of Bricks, Various Shapes, Qualities--Various Hollow Bricks, Dimensions, Resistance, Qualities; Sec. 3, Applications --History--Asia, Africa, America, Europe: Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Turkish, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Architecture--Architecture of the Nineteenth Century: in Germany, England, Belgium, Spain, Holland, France, America--Use of Bricks--Walls, Arches, Pavements, Flues, Cornices--Facing with Coloured Bricks--Balustrades. Chapter IV., Tiles: Sec. 1, History; Sec. 2, Manufacture--(1) Moulding, by Hand, by Machinery: Preparation of the Clay, Soft Paste, Firm Paste, Hard Paste--Preparation of the Slabs, Transformation into Flat Tiles, into Jointed Tiles--Screw, Cam and Revolver Presses--Particulars of Tile-presses--(2) Drying--Planchettes, Shelves, Drying-barrows and Trucks--(3) Firing--Divided Kilns--Installation of Mechanical Tileworks--Estimates; Sec. 3, Shapes, Dimensions and Uses of the Principal Types of Tile--Ancient Tiles: Flat, Round, Roman, Flemish--Modern Tiles--With Vertical Interrupted Join: Gilardoni's, Martin's; Hooked, Boulet's Villa; with Vertical Continuous Join: Muller's, Alsace, Pantile--Foreign Tiles--Special Tiles--Ridge Tiles, Coping Tiles, Border Tiles, Frontons, Gutters, Antefixes, Membron, Angular--Roofing Accessories: Chimney-pots, Mitrons, Lanterns, Chimneys--Qualities of Tiles--Black Tiles--Stoneware Tiles--Particulars of Tiles. Chapter V., Pipes: I. Conduit Pipes--Manufacture--Moulding: Horizontal Machines, Vertical Machines, Worked by Hand and Steam--Particulars of these Machines--Drying--Firing--II. Chimney Flues--Ventiducts and "Boisseaux," "Waggons"--Particulars of these Products. Chapter VI., Quarries: 1, Plain Quarries of Ordinary Clay; 2, of Cleaned Clay--Machines, Cutting, Mixing, Polishing--Drying and Firing--Applications--Particulars of Quarries. Chapter VII., Terra-cotta: History--Manufacture--Application: Balustrades, Columns, Pilasters, Capitals, Friezes, Frontons, Medallions, Panels, Rose-windows, Ceilings--Appendix: Official Methods of Testing Terra-cottas.