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This book describes a holistic study of the porcelain manufactured at Nantgarw and Swansea in the first quarter of the 19th Century, using both scientific analytical data and historical provenancing. This porcelain is acclaimed as some of the finest and most translucent porcelain ever produced. These two porcelain factories are linked through the artistic and creative activities of the enigmatic William Billingsley and had a strictly limited production over only three or four years during the period 1812-1820. The earliest chemical analysis of these porcelains were undertaken almost 100 years ago and are compared with the results of more recent analyses The chemical composition of these porcelains, their artistic decoration and the struggle to maintain quality production is reviewed. Scientific explanations are proposed for the characteristic Swansea duck-egg porcelain translucency and for the Nantgarw iridescence. The book is well illustrated throughout and affords a good basis for the further in-depth study of Swansea and Nantgarw porcelains.

Materials science. --- Fine arts. --- Cultural heritage. --- Analytical chemistry. --- Chemistry --- Spectroscopy. --- Microscopy. --- Ceramics. --- Glass. --- Composites (Materials). --- Composite materials. --- Materials Science. --- Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials. --- Cultural Heritage. --- Analytical Chemistry. --- History of Chemistry. --- Fine Arts. --- Spectroscopy and Microscopy. --- History. --- Swansea porcelain. --- Nantgarw porcelain. --- Porcelain, Swansea --- Analytical biochemistry. --- Chemistry-History. --- Analytic biochemistry --- Biochemistry --- Chemistry, Analytic --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Property --- World Heritage areas --- Bioanalytic chemistry --- Bioanalytical chemistry --- Analytical chemistry --- Chemistry—History. --- Analysis, Microscopic --- Light microscopy --- Micrographic analysis --- Microscope and microscopy --- Microscopic analysis --- Optical microscopy --- Optics --- Analysis, Spectrum --- Spectra --- Spectrochemical analysis --- Spectrochemistry --- Spectrometry --- Spectroscopy --- Interferometry --- Radiation --- Wave-motion, Theory of --- Absorption spectra --- Light --- Spectroscope --- Analysis, Chemical --- Analytic chemistry --- Chemical analysis --- Composites (Materials) --- Multiphase materials --- Reinforced solids --- Solids, Reinforced --- Two phase materials --- Materials --- Amorphous substances --- Ceramics --- Glazing --- Ceramic technology --- Industrial ceramics --- Keramics --- Building materials --- Chemistry, Technical --- Clay --- Qualitative --- Ceramic materials. --- Cultural property. --- Arts. --- Spectrum analysis. --- Fine Art. --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Occidental --- Arts, Primitive --- Arts, Western --- Fine arts --- Humanities --- Ceramic industries --- Mines and mineral resources

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The title of this book describes the two extremes of ceramic invention from aesthetically beautiful and decorative works of art that graced the tables of the aristocracy to the functional silica brick that lined the smelting furnaces of industrialised nations in the 19th century designed to produce iron, copper and glass. Both of these ceramics are linked to one man, William Weston Young (1776-1847) and with his contemporaries both of these ceramic extremes became world leaders in their own right. The book traces the history of Young and his ambitions, his interactions with numerous associates and the influence these ceramics attained in 19th century society. The book provides a sequel to the two preceding texts on Nantgarw and Swansea porcelains (also published by Springer), which cover one extreme and extends the discourse onto the other extreme, which until now has been relatively ignored despite its scientific and engineering importance. The trilogy has now therefore been completed. This book examines the historical documentation along with scientific analytical data from the last 100 years up to the present in a novel holistic forensic approach. It will be of interest to porcelain collectors, ceramics analysts, museum ceramic curators, ceramic historians, analytical scientists, cultural heritage preservation, industrial archaeologists and industrial museums. .

Pottery --- Cultural heritage. --- Spectroscopy. --- Chemistry-History. --- Fine arts. --- Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials. --- Cultural Heritage. --- Spectroscopy/Spectrometry. --- History of Chemistry. --- Fine Arts. --- Spectroscopy and Microscopy. --- Analysis, Spectrum --- Spectra --- Spectrochemical analysis --- Spectrochemistry --- Spectroscopy --- Chemistry, Analytic --- Interferometry --- Optics --- Radiation --- Wave-motion, Theory of --- Absorption spectra --- Light --- Spectroscope --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Property --- World Heritage areas --- Qualitative --- Spectrometry --- Ceramics. --- Glass. --- Composites (Materials). --- Composite materials. --- Chemistry—History. --- Microscopy. --- Analysis, Microscopic --- Light microscopy --- Micrographic analysis --- Microscope and microscopy --- Microscopic analysis --- Optical microscopy --- Composites (Materials) --- Multiphase materials --- Reinforced solids --- Solids, Reinforced --- Two phase materials --- Materials --- Amorphous substances --- Ceramics --- Glazing --- Ceramic technology --- Industrial ceramics --- Keramics --- Building materials --- Chemistry, Technical --- Clay --- Analytical chemistry --- Ceramic materials. --- Cultural property. --- Spectrum analysis. --- Arts. --- Fine Art. --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Occidental --- Arts, Primitive --- Arts, Western --- Fine arts --- Humanities --- Ceramic industries --- Mines and mineral resources

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The title of this book describes the two extremes of ceramic invention from aesthetically beautiful and decorative works of art that graced the tables of the aristocracy to the functional silica brick that lined the smelting furnaces of industrialised nations in the 19th century designed to produce iron, copper and glass. Both of these ceramics are linked to one man, William Weston Young (1776-1847) and with his contemporaries both of these ceramic extremes became world leaders in their own right. The book traces the history of Young and his ambitions, his interactions with numerous associates and the influence these ceramics attained in 19th century society. The book provides a sequel to the two preceding texts on Nantgarw and Swansea porcelains (also published by Springer), which cover one extreme and extends the discourse onto the other extreme, which until now has been relatively ignored despite its scientific and engineering importance. The trilogy has now therefore been completed. This book examines the historical documentation along with scientific analytical data from the last 100 years up to the present in a novel holistic forensic approach. It will be of interest to porcelain collectors, ceramics analysts, museum ceramic curators, ceramic historians, analytical scientists, cultural heritage preservation, industrial archaeologists and industrial museums. .

Sociology of cultural policy --- Optics. Quantum optics --- History of chemistry --- Theoretical spectroscopy. Spectroscopic techniques --- Chemistry --- Art --- Applied arts. Arts and crafts --- History --- cultureel erfgoed --- chemie --- geschiedenis --- kunst --- spectroscopie --- microscopie --- keramiek --- spectrometrie