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  • | 1918 || || Art || Professor of English, [[University of Birmingham]] (1962-1973); Warden, Goldsmiths' College, [[U ...1982 || Art || Art consultant; author of ''Porcelain Through the Ages'', ''Pottery Through the Ages'', and other works || 56
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  • ...tp://jstor.org/search JSTOR. Accessed 28 January 2007]</ref>. A review of English architecture especially reveals that the sophistication of this craft is de ...t was discovered that occasionally the daub was burnt, to be hardened like pottery. Hardened fragments of daub could be found in fresh daub coats, which Shaf
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  • ...outside of Western Europe and the United States, nearing the same level as English in the mid 18th century despite social unrest at that time period. Mechaniz ...city&mash;much as is done for [[tequila]] or [[Talavera (pottery)|Talavera pottery]].<ref name="piratechina"/>
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  • '''Burmantofts Pottery''' was the common trading name of a manufacturer of ceramic pipes and const *[http://www.postmaster.co.uk/~jason31/181469/index.html Burmatofts Pottery Shards]
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  • '''Gibbs and Canning Limited''' was an [[England|English]] [[manufacturing|manufacturer]] of [[terracotta]] and, in particular, [[ar *[http://www.chelminski.co.uk/english_terracotta.htm Chemlinski Gallery - English Terracotta]
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  • '''Hemp''' (from [[Old English]] ''[[cannabis (etymology)|hænep]]'') is the name of the soft, durable fib ...helped to introduce the herb's drug potential to modern [[english language|English]]-speaking consciousness. ''Cannabis'' for non-drug purposes (especially ro
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  • ...zolans ([[trass]] or [[pumice]]) and artificial pozzolans (ground brick or pottery) in these concretes. Many excellent examples of structures made from these ...g the construction of the third [[Eddystone Lighthouse]] (1755-9) in the [[English Channel]]. He needed a hydraulic mortar that would set and develop some st
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  • Where a person suffers [[damages|damage]] [[causation in English law|caused by]] a breach of a [[duty of care|duty]] imposed by regulations, | Certain uses in the manufacture and decoration of [[pottery]] (slops or pastes permitted for some purposes).
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  • ...ncluded the [[greenstone]] of the [[Langdale axe industry]] based in the [[English Lake District]]. ...[Egyptians]] used the bright green malachite stones for ornamentations and pottery. Later, between 2,613 and 2,494 BC, large building projects required exped
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  • ...rbyshire lead mining history]] and in the history of the industry in other English centers. The Romans also used lead in molten form to secure iron pins that ...re ''plumbum candidum'' (literally, "bright ''plumbum''") was [[tin]]. The English words "[[plumbing]]", "[[plumber]]", "plumb", and "[[plumb-bob]]" also deri
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  • ...ere used to create the characteristic line designs on [[Yangshao culture]] pottery). Early [[Chinese classics]] have many references to using the plant for cl ...xt to their heads.<ref name="peoplesdaily">{{cite web|year=2006|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/23/eng20061223_335258.html|title=Lab work to iden
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