Wedgwood

(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).

休整理

• Wedgwood invented the hard porcelain surface, and very many beautiful designs. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Mr. Wedgwood made use of white paper or white leather, moistened with a solution of nitrate of silver. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• 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. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• As a boy he had attended with his mother, daughter of Jos iah Wedgwood, the Unitarian services. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• To return to pottery: As before stated, Wedgwood of England revolutionised the art of pottery in the eighteenth century. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• 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. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Wedgwood tried to make pictures by substituting his prepared paper for the ground glass, but the paper was too insensitive to obtain any result. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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