Wind Energy â Another Gift from the Sun? Wind energy comes from the sun. It is true â wind energy is simply a converted form of solar energy! The sunâs radiation warms different parts of the earth, oceans, and other bodies of water, at different rates. The night and day cycles make an obvious difference, but also, water and land absorb or reflect sunlight differently.
Ironstone china, ironstone ware or most commonly just ironstone, is a type of vitreous pottery first made in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century.
Five categories of stoneware have been suggested: 1  Traditional stoneware-a dense and inexpensive body. 2  It is opaque, can be of any colour and breaks with a conchoidal or stony fracture. 3  Traditionally made of fine-grained secondary, plastic clays which can used to shape very large pieces. Crouch Ware-A light-coloured Staffordshire salt-glazed stoneware from the early 18th century. 2  It is credited as being one of the earliest examples of stoneware made in England. 3  It was made from a clay from Crich, Derbyshire, the word crouch being a corruption.