Porcelain in England in 1748 in order to compete with imported porcelain, bone china is now made worldwide. The English had read the letters of Jesuit missionary Francois Xavier d'Entrecolles, which described Chinese porcelain manufacturing secrets in detail. One writer has speculated that a misunderstanding of the text could possibly have been responsible for the first attempts to use bone-ash as an ingredient of English porcelain, although this is not supported by researchers and historians. In China, kaolin was sometimes described as forming the 'bones' of the paste, while the 'flesh' was provided by the refined rocks suitable for the porcelain
Travail, famille, patrie Travail, famille, patrie Travail, famille, patrie (; "") was the tripartite motto of the French State (usually known as Vichy France) during World War II. It replaced the republican motto, "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" of the Third French Republic. The Law of 10 July 1940 gave Marshal Pétain full powers to draw up a constitution before being submitted to the Nation and guaranteeing "the rights of Work, of the Family and of the Homeland ("la Patrie")". That constitution was never promulgated. In the "Revue des deux Mondes" ("Two Worlds Magazine") of 15 September 1940, Marshal Pétain wrote this repudiation of the