...academicians conducted the science to its last epoch, which may be denominated the scientific, and which extends from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present time. It may be divided into many periods; and it will be seen that a vast difference exists between the...

...hard-paste porcelain is or has been made in that country. In fact, such porcelain has been made there from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present time, and in certain important branches of its manufacture — notably Parian and biscuit porcelain — the English...