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Show ANCIENTS KNEW OF GLAZING Proof That Early Inhabitants of Mexico Mex-ico Used Process In the Manu j Jacture of Pottery Tho discovery by Henry C. Mcrcor of Daylestown Pa., that tho ancient Inhabitants of Moxlco usod a glazing process In tho manufacture ot tholr pottery has revolutionized tho views of ceramic experts at tho University of Pennsylvania and may lead, says Amorlcnn Art News, to tho discovery of beds ot clay aultablo for uso today. to-day. Mr. Mercer, who Is an expert on til lng and a former curator of tho University Uni-versity museum during a recent study of Moxlcan potteries at tho museum had his attention cnlled to tho variance vari-ance In workmanship In certain collections. col-lections. Ho promptly' classified tho potteries ob possessing two dlffcront kinds ot clay nnd was Buprlsed to find that n distinct glazowaB BtlU nppnront. , . |