The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-10
NEWELL HAS WORLDS LARGEST POTTERY PlA ANT

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clasaed 40 uarthcnware. China III the
moro rXr.nsINr. largely because the
materials are IA IiIliu more difficult 10
manipulate, ana greater care and OK
peIInu are required In manufacture 10
piuvunl excessive IUsa during Tie pro-
Lrss.
Trade Names.
In the par InSiu hua buen much con-
Iuslun Ia tho nunlua upplied 10 the pro-
du.,ih ur dInaI.ni Ia"i"IIss, There have
t..u 1,unntuna china. white EIaniie.
.s,n.I. ,.aiuin and "a VnriGiy of oihai
nu,nra IudI'"Iing practically tho same
.n,nu. bat at lac, Ia ."nn.I"lai p'1"i'"s
,n. Nv" n"'"0h. s"iiho"~n'"' H""
,hIn., inv. nnnn. Int" ssn"'ai nas. ana
81. .II puIII"innI Und"i a aui"i hI"'
,lunn,. ..nuI,l"n. bath "iasaaa may pm
rr,Iy T.. ,",mrd 80 'onna. end 'h"'n
~ uuihInu "thi""ilv -" literally WRONG
Ia the duul", arplyiua TIM name ~
ndv"rilaluH sntih"uw"rr. 90 In 'h-
h"ur"wII" usins IL" TORN 'nhins 10
,"Ir I" h"r "arihnn"n'" H"tt
IN" ,n",hoh" .mpIoyeJ IN 'nsnufs".
Iui inn arc hulnlpuiiglIy the sam" Tor
rni ihrnwnru aud clIur. aud In this de
nrriprlOn Of how II In mad" wa shall.
therefore. uRe thu torn china.
Machinery.
Owing to the Fragile nature or pol
tory IN ovoTy EtnRo Of manufacture IL
cannot 10 handled by machinery 10 tho
Rnmo oEiunt an other iRbrluRhonn IL
has always boon. and, from tho worry
nuturo or tho goods. must always DO
largely "a product Of Tho human mana.
Much study and expense hnvo boon DO
voted TO tho CnOTt to moro hTgoly In
tToduCa machinery and mechanical mp
plinncuH. but. generally speaking. pro-
granH along those lines has been slow.
Mixing.
"Or tho nisI Importance are the
for,nulna employed for UOmpOundlnh
rnatsriala for body ana alaza, The var
lDun Ingredients must 10 proOlHsly bal"
.nued Tho body mixture In compound
~ ihroo Fundamental Ingredients. china
clay. mint and foldHpAr. and these threa
Ingredients hnVo hean iihanod "a tho
principal smonin "f tho human body.
rIinI. Will. Ia pune nilirh. In ihrnnibis
und"r hIuh naoi. aud Ia employed Ia
suulpln thu t,um or a dinh HlmilEr To
Iha function oT hone IN tho human
DuUf. IN emma Nluy wv"
oovo,Inu tho mint In similar 10 tho Hash,
und ihrno two Ingredients arc bound to
nnIhor Ivy feldapar. n very fuHlble mats.
rial. which Corresponds To the human
muHclou Tho secret OF q HucdeHHful
body IN tho c6mpoundinR In exnotly the
right proportions or fuslble and In
ruHible materials. An excess or a lack
Of either ono leads to disaster.
, Tho materials for tho body AFRO re-
duced to n flne powder at tho sources
of production and shipped to tho fnctory
where they nre stored In largo bins.
Between those bins. on n track pro-
vidnd for the purpose. the workmen
push car which bears n large box.
which sits on q scale designed for tho
purpose and which Automatically
weighs each ingredient as 1t is shoveled
into the box. When the proper pro-
portion of each material In loaded on
tho car It IL dumped into q large tank
called a, blunger.' where electrically
driven paddles mix the composition with
water until It has the consistency OF
! thick cream. From the blungers the
IIquld mass. known technically as SLIP
| passes in steady stream over tho
| sifterB.
Cleansing.
These slfters nrc vibrating tables of
| tho finest silk lawn, very similar TO
' that used for boiling ibur Mt tho mills.
rho slip strains through tho Hilk
| lawns while all refuse. including foreign
! matter. coarse materials. etc.. run over
| the lnwn into n waste trough. and nr0
| thrown AWAY. From tho siftorh tho
slip pa ssos through Il chute. In which 1t
! comes In contact with IL series Of power
| ful hornnzhoe magnets. which attract TO
| Themselves and io'h all Particles OF n
! metallic Churctur An clay deposits con-
! tain trace or iron or copper mineral
while those PARTICLES may 10 too small
| to DO detected by u powerful magnlfyina
! ElRna. yut undnr tho intnnHo pottery
! burning they expand enormously. and
! lr not extracted win stain or HpoCk tho
; product.
rntsrinR.
After tho nlip In thus cloanHod. II 10
! forced under high prorHuro into iron
! inter proHpon specially dodiFnod for tho
: purpose. In Ihoro prohHon tho wator In
/ largely cEifnc,cd pure and Cloor. and
! tho clay nubninnco retained In tho form
or largo dirCr. or loavos. Weighing n0mo
! i"Iiy p0undr ouch. rho lon os OF clay
arc then pnrhod through IA npaoially
! constructed machine known IN pug
Mill wkioh Thoroughly nHnlHn'na on tho
mhioTinl driving out all air particles
and leaving tho nninhod clay OF tho
""nnininn0v aud general appearance or
| putty. Tohdy for fabrication.
Moulding.
Tho method or forming dinhAs
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