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Report on the Possibilities of Pottery Manufacture in the Province of Bombay

1941

The subject of the development of pottery industry was discussed with the Director of Industries and an outline of the scheme to develop the same was submitted to him in January 1938. [...] The Board of Directors of the Company kindly agreed to co-operate and provided the facilities to conduct experiments to build up wood fired furnace in their premises and placed at the disposal of the Deparment of Industries all their resources and staff for the purpose. [...] However the investigations made of the raw materials available at some of the places reveal the fact that suitable raw materials are available in large quantities and pottery articles of various types can be manufactured of the quality as good as that of the articles which are imported from the foreign countries as can be seen from the photographs of the specimens made from the clays of the vario [...] The temperature at the top opposite the firemouths and at the bottom opposite the three holes in the wall was more than the temperature in the middle part of the furnace. [...] The temperature of the furnace between the firemouths was much less than in the body of the furnace.
commerce industry
Pages
159
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143974
Segment Pages Author Actions
Foreword
i-iv C.P. Shah view
Introduction
1-2 C.P. Shah view
Places Visited
2-3 C.P. Shah view
Samples Collected
3-4 C.P. Shah view
State of the Pottery Industry in the Bombay Province
4-5 C.P. Shah view
Scope for the Industry in the Province
6-7 C.P. Shah view
Resources in Raw Materials and Men
7-8 C.P. Shah view
Where the Industry Can be Advantageously Established
8-11 C.P. Shah view
On What Lines and Basis the Industry Should be Organised
11-13 C.P. Shah view
Specific Recommendations
13-16 C.P. Shah view
Appendix
17-116 C.P. Shah view
Backmatter
i-118 C.P. Shah view

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