Arnold Howard on mon 10 sep 01
The lowest temperature cone of the original cones was cone 1.
Later, Orton realized that they needed cooler cones, so they
started downward in temperture from 01 onward.
Arnold Howard
Paragon
--- Ron & Nancy wrote:
> Dear Clayarters,
> I have a query for you about cone temps. Why is there a
> demarcation
> line in plus and minus cones at the temp it is? Clays don't
> vitrify at
> ^1 , and even ^ 0 22 is hotter than the abeyant
> temperatures.These are
> a few of the ways, I thought might have something to do with it.
> Why was
> this particular temp chosen to change the value of the numbers
> from 01
> to 1? I have asked this of a lot of teachers and some very
> excellent
> potters, but no one has more than a guess. I know numbers are
> never
> taken out of the air. (except by crazy people as myself.)
> Just pondering, Nancy
>
>
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