Wedgwood
['wedʒwud]
Definition
(noun.) a type of pottery made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors; typically has a classical decoration in white on a blue background.
(noun.) English potter (1730-1795).
Edited by Hugh--From WordNet
Examples
- Wedgwood invented the hard porcelain surface, and very many beautiful designs. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Mr. Wedgwood made use of white paper or white leather, moistened with a solution of nitrate of silver. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Blanch the bitter almonds and bruise them in a Wedgwood mortar, adding thereto the glycerine and using the pestle vigorously; a smooth paste is thus obtained. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- As a boy he had attended with his mother, daughter of Jos iah Wedgwood, the Unitarian services. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- To return to pottery: As before stated, Wedgwood of England revolutionised the art of pottery in the eighteenth century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Sir Humphrey Davy, continuing Wedgwood’s experiments, and using chloride of silver instead of nitrate, succeeded in making photographs through a microscope, by using sunlight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Wedgwood tried to make pictures by substituting his prepared paper for the ground glass, but the paper was too insensitive to obtain any result. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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