GLOSSARY
Brittle
Clay
easily broken
a substance of very fine flat particles which can slide across each other, making a
pliable material that can be shaped into pots or stoves
Diameter
Firebox
Firing
Firing chamber
Grog
Kiln
Pottery
Soluble
a straight line passing from side to side through the centre of a circle
the channel where the fire burns
the process of baking clay pots or stoves
the space inside the kiln above the fireboxes where stoves or pots are fired
this is made by grinding broken pottery into a fine powder. It can also be made by
grinding dry clay and then firing the powder
an oven or furnace in which dried clay products are fired
fired clay products
that which can dissolve in water
Further Reading
Moses Agumba and Pete Young 1994: A Better Bonfire Kiln: A simple Kiln to Fire Upesi Liners, ITDG Rugby,
UK.
IT Kenya has published a series of booklets based on their experiences on household energy in East Africa.
How to Make an Upesi Stove
How to Market Stoves
Technical Notes on Stoves
Mudstove Manual
Biogas Review
24