Abstract
The development of William Weston Young’s interests in ceramics with Lewis Dillwyn, decoration and manufacture of pottery and porcelain, his support of the efforts of Billingsley and Walker at the Nantgarw China Works, his association with Thomas Pardoe, other ventures, and finally his creation of the Dinas refractory brick.
Keywords
William Weston Young Elizabeth Young Dillwyn Billingsley Walker Pardoe Ceramics Wrecks Surveying Salt extraction Bankruptcy Dinas refractory silica brick manufacturingReferences
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