Josiah Wedgewood's Pottery Making

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Josiah Wedgewood. I chose to write about Josiah Wedgewood, he is a famous potter from 1770 England. He is well known for creating several different types of clay, and the Pyrometer. Growing up, Josiah was trained by a master potter, however in his early years he was injured and he couldn’t use the kick wheel so he devoted himself to the scientific side of pottery making. He was an early chemist and he created several high-end high fire clays, such as Queensware, and Jasperware. He also invented the Pyrometer, which is a type of thermometer that can measure how hot high fire kilns are on the inside, without opening the kiln door and cracking the pottery inside. He was one of the very first people working on things like this so there was very