INK MANUFACTURE:Including Writing, Copying, Lithographic, Marking, Stamping, and Laundry Inks. BySigmund Lehner. Three Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 162 pp. Translated from the German of the Fifth Edition. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Varieties of Ink -- Writing Inks -- Raw Materials of Tannin Inks -- The Chemical Constitution of the Tannin Inks -- Recipes for Tannin Inks -- Logwood Tannin Inks -- Ferric Inks -- Alizarine Inks--Extract Inks -- Logwood Inks -- Copying Inks -- Hektographs -- Hektograph Inks -- Safety Inks -- Ink Extracts and Powders -- Preserving Inks -- Changes in Ink and the Restoration of Faded Writing -- Coloured Inks -- Red Inks -- Blue Inks -- Violet Inks -- Yellow Inks -- Green Inks -- Metallic Inks -- Indian Ink -- Lithographic Inks and Pencils -- Ink Pencils -- Marking Inks -- Ink Specialities -- Sympathetic Inks -- Stamping Inks -- Laundry or Washing Blue -- Index.
SEALING-WAXES, WAFERS AND OTHER ADHESIVES FOR THE HOUSEHOLD, OFFICE, WORKSHOP AND FACTORY.ByH. C. Standage. Crown 8vo. 96 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Materials Used for Making Sealing=Waxes-- The Manufacture of Sealing-Waxes -- Wafers -- Notes on the Nature of the Materials Used in Making Adhesive Compounds -- Cements for Use in the Household -- Office Gums, Pastes and Mucilages -- Adhesive Compounds for Factory and Workshop Use.
LEAD AND ITS COMPOUNDS.ByThos. Lambert, Technical and Consulting Chemist. Demy 8vo. 226 pp. Forty Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)
Contents.
History -- Ores of Lead -- Geographical Distribution of the Lead Industry -- Chemical and Physical Properties of Lead -- Alloys of Lead -- Compounds of Lead -- Dressing of Lead Ores -- Smelting of Lead Ores -- Smelting in the Scotch or American Ore-hearth -- Smelting in the Shaft or Blast Furnace -- Condensation of Lead Fume -- Desilverisation, or the Separation of Silver from Argentiferous Lead -- Cupellation -- The Manufacture of Lead Pipes and Sheets -- Protoxide of Lead -- Litharge and Massicot -- Red Lead or Minium -- Lead Poisoning -- Lead Substitutes -- Zinc and its Compounds -- Pumice Stone -- Drying Oils and Siccatives -- Oil of Turpentine Resin -- Classification of Mineral Pigments -- Analysis of Raw and Finished Products -- Tables -- Index.
NOTES ON LEAD ORES:Their Distribution and Properties. ByJas. Fairie, F.G.S. Crown 8vo. 64 pages. Price 2s. 6d. net. (Post free, 2s. 9d. home; 3s. abroad.)
THE RISKS AND DANGERS TO HEALTH OF VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS AND THEIR PREVENTION.ByLeonard A. Parry, M.D., B.Sc. (Lond.). 196 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
Occupations which are Accompanied by the Generation and Scattering of Abnormal Quantities of Dust -- Trades in which there is Danger of Metallic Poisoning -- Certain Chemical Trades -- Some Miscellaneous Occupations --Trades in which Various Poisonous Vapours are Inhaled --General Hygienic Considerations -- Index.
DRYING BY MEANS OF AIR AND STEAM.Explanations, Formulæ, and Tables for Use in Practice. Translated from the German ofE. Hausrrand. Two folding Diagrams and Thirteen Tables. Crown 8vo. 72 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
British and Metric Systems Compared -- Centigrade and Fahr. Thermometers -- Estimation of the Maximum Weight of Saturated Aqueous Vapour which can be contained in 1 kilo. of Air at Different Pressure and Temperatures -- Calculation of the Necessary Weight and Volume of Air, and of the Least Expenditure of Heat, per Drying Apparatus with Heated Air, at the Atmospheric Pressure:A, With the Assumption that the Air isCompletely Saturatedwith Vapour both before Entry and after Exit from the Apparatus --B, When the Atmospheric Air is Completely Saturatedbefore entry, but at itsexitisonly3/4, 1/2 or 1/4 Saturated --C, When the Atmospheric Air isnotSaturated with Moisture before Entering the Drying Apparatus -- Drying Apparatus, in which, in the Drying Chamber, a Pressure is Artificially Created, Higher or Lower than that of the Atmosphere -- Drying by Means of Superheated Steam, without Air --Heating Surface, Velocity of the Air Current, Dimensions of the Drying Room, Surface of the Drying Material, Losses of Heat -- Index.
(See also"Evaporating, Condensing and Cooling Apparatus.")
PURE AIR, OZONE AND WATER.A Practical Treatise of their Utilisation and Value in Oil, Grease, Soap, Paint, Glue and other Industries, ByW. B. Cowell. Twelve Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 85 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Atmospheric Air; Lifting of Liquids; Suction Process; Preparing Blown Oils; Preparing Siccative Drying Oils -- Compressed Air; Whitewash -- Liquid Air; Retrocession -- Purification of Water; Water Hardness -- Fleshings and Bones -- Ozonised Air in the Bleaching and Deodorising of Fats, Glues, etc.; Bleaching Textile Fibres -- Appendix: Air and Gases; Pressure of Air at Various Temperatures; Fuel; Table of Combustibles; Saving of Fuel by Heating Feed Water; Table of Solubilities of Scale Making Minerals; British Thermal Units Tables; Volume of the Flow of Steam into the Atmosphere; Temperature of Steam -- Index.
THE INDUSTRIAL USES OF WATER. COMPOSITION--EFFECTS--TROUBLES--REMEDIES--RESIDUARY WATERS--PURIFICATION--ANALYSIS.ByH. de la Coux. Royal 8vo. Translated from the French and Revised byArthur Morris. 364 pp. 135 Illustrations. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Chemical Action of Water in Nature and in Industrial Use -- Composition of Waters -- Solubility of Certain Salts in Water Considered from the Industrial Point of View -- Effects on the Boiling of Water -- Effects of Water in the Industries -- Difficulties with Water -- Feed Water for Boilers -- Water in Dye works, Print Works, and Bleach Works -- Water in the Textile Industries and in Conditioning -- Water in Soap Works -- Water in Laundries and Washhouses -- Water in Tanning -- Water in Preparing Tannin and Dyewood Extracts -- Water in Papermaking -- Water in Photography -- Water in Sugar Refining -- Water in Making Ices and Beverages -- Water in Cider Making -- Water in Brewing -- Water in Distilling -- Preliminary Treatment and Apparatus -- Substances Used for Preliminary Chemical Purification -- Commercial Specialities and their Employment -- Precipitation of Matters in Suspension in Water -- Apparatus for the Preliminary Chemical Purification of Water -- Industrial Filters -- Industrial Sterilisation of Water -- Residuary Waters and their Purification -- Soil Filtration -- Purification by Chemical Processes -- Analyses -- Index.
(See Books onSmoke Prevention, Engineering and Metallurgy etc.)
PRACTICAL X RAY WORK.ByFrank T. Addyman, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.I.C., Member of the Roentgen Society of London; Radiographer to St. George's Hospital; Demonstrator of Physics and Chemistry, and Teacher of Radiography in St. George's Hospital Medical School. Demy 8vo. Twelve Plates from Photographs of X Ray Work. Fifty-two Illustrations. 200 pp. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. 3d. abroad.)
Contents.
Historical-- Work leading up to the Discovery of the X Rays -- The Discovery--Apparatus and its Management-- Electrical Terms -- Sources of Electricity -- Induction Coils -- Electrostatic Machines -- Tubes -- Air Pumps -- Tube Holders and Stereoscopic Apparatus -- Fluorescent Screens --Practical X Ray Work-- Installations -- Radioscopy -- Radiography -- X Rays in Dentistry -- X Rays in Chemistry -- X Rays in War -- Index.
List of Plates.
Frontispiece-- Congenital Dislocation of Hip-Joint. -- I., Needle in Finger. -- II., Needle in Foot. -- III., Revolver Bullet in Calf and Leg. -- IV., A Method of Localisation. -- V., Stellate Fracture of Patella showing shadow of "Strapping". -- VI., Sarcoma. -- VII., Six-weeks-old Injury to Elbow showing new Growth of Bone. -- VIII., Old Fracture of Tibia and Fibula badly set. -- IX., Heart Shadow. -- X., Fractured Femur showing Grain of Splint. -- XI., Barrell's Method of Localisation.
INDIA-RUBBER AND GUTTA-PERCHA.Translated from the French ofT. Seeligmann,G. Lamy TorvilhonandH. FalconnetbyJohn Geddes McIntosh. Royal 8vo.
[Out of print. Second Edition in preparation.]
Contents.
India-Rubber-- Botanical Origin -- Climatology -- Soil -- Rational Culture and Acclimation of the Different Species of India-Rubber Plants -- Methods of Obtaining the Latex -- Methods of Preparing Raw or Crude India-Rubber -- Classification of the Commercial Species of Raw Rubber -- Physical and Chemical Properties of the Latex and of India-Rubber -- Mechanical Transformation of Natural Caoutchouc into Washed or Normal Caoutchouc (Purification) and Normal Rubber into Masticated Rubber -- Softening, Cutting, Washing, Drying -- Preliminary Observations -- Vulcanisation of Normal Rubber -- Chemical and Physical Properties of Vulcanised Rubber -- General Considerations -- Hardened Rubber or Ebonite -- Considerations on Mineralisation and other Mixtures -- Coloration and Dyeing -- Analysis of Natural or Normal Rubber and Vulcanised Rubber -- Rubber Substitutes -- Imitation Rubber.
Gutta Percha-- Botanical Origin -- Climatology -- Soil -- Rational Culture -- Methods of Collection -- Classification of the Different Species of Commercial Gutta Percha -- Physical and Chemical Properties -- Mechanical Transformation -- Methods of Analysing -- Gutta Percha Substitutes -- Index.
PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE LEATHER INDUSTRY.ByA. M. Villon. Translated byFrank T. Addyman, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.I.C., F.C.S.; and Corrected by an Eminent Member of the Trade. 500 pp., royal 8vo. 123 Illustrations. Price 21s. net. (Post free, 21s. 6d. home; 22s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Preface--Translator's Preface--List of Illustrations.
Part I.,Materials used in Tanning-- Skins: Skin and its Structure; Skins used in Tanning; Various Skins and their Uses -- Tannin and Tanning Substances: Tannin; Barks (Oak); Barks other than Oak; Tanning Woods; Tannin-bearing Leaves; Excrescences; Tan-bearing Fruits; Tan-bearing Roots and Bulbs; Tanning Juices; Tanning Substances used in Various Countries; Tannin Extracts; Estimation of Tannin and Tannin Principles.
Part II.,Tanning-- The Installation of a Tannery: Tan Furnaces; Chimneys, Boilers, etc.; Steam Engines -- Grinding and Trituration of Tanning Substances: Cutting up Bark; Grinding Bark; The Grinding of Tan Woods; Powdering Fruit, Galls and Grains; Notes on the Grinding of Bark -- Manufacture of Sole Leather: Soaking; Sweating and Unhairing; Plumping and Colouring; Handling; Tanning; Tanning Elephants' Hides; Drying; Striking or Pinning -- Manufacture of Dressing Leather: Soaking; Depilation; New Processes for the Depilation of Skins; Tanning; Cow Hides; Horse Hides; Goat Skins; Manufacture ofSplit Hides -- On Various Methods of Tanning: Mechanical Methods; Physical Methods; Chemical Methods; Tanning with Extracts -- Quantity and Quality; Quantity; Net Cost; Quality of Leather -- Various Manipulations of Tanned Leather: Second Tanning; Grease Stains; Bleaching Leather; Waterproofing Leather; Weighting Tanned Leather; Preservation of Leather -- Tanning Various Skins.
Part III.,Currying-- Waxed Calf: Preparation; Shaving; Stretching or Slicking; Oiling the Grain; Oiling the Flesh Side; Whitening and Graining; Waxing; Finishing; Dry Finishing; Finishing in Colour; Cost -- White Calf: Finishing in White -- Cow Hide for Upper Leathers: Black Cow Hide; White Cow Hide; Coloured Cow Hide -- Smooth Cow Hide -- Black Leather -- Miscellaneous Hides: Horse; Goat; Waxed Goat Skin; Matt Goat Skin -- Russia Leather: Russia Leather; Artificial Russia Leather.
Part IV.,Enamelled, Hungary and Chamoy Leather, Morocco, Parchment, Furs and Artificial Leather-- Enamelled Leather: Varnish Manufacture; Application of the Enamel; Enamelling in Colour -- Hungary Leather: Preliminary; Wet Work or Preparation; Aluming; Dressing or Loft Work; Tallowing; Hungary Leather from Various Hides -- Tawing: Preparatory Operations; Dressing; Dyeing Tawed Skins; Rugs -- Chamoy Leather -- Morocco: Preliminary Operations; Morocco Tanning: Mordants used in Morocco Manufacture; Natural Colours used in Morocco Dyeing; Artificial Colours; Different Methods of Dyeing; Dyeing with Natural Colours; Dyeing with Aniline Colours; Dyeing with Metallic Salts; Leather Printing; Finishing Morocco; Shagreen; Bronzed Leather -- Gilding and Silvering: Gilding; Silvering; Nickel and Cobalt -- Parchment -- Furs and Furriery: Preliminary Remarks; Indigenous Furs; Foreign Furs from Hot Countries; Foreign Furs from Cold Countries; Furs from Birds' Skins; Preparation of Furs; Dressing; Colouring; Preparation of Birds' Skins; Preservation of Furs -- Artificial Leather: Leather made from Scraps; Compressed Leather; American Cloth; Papier Mâché; Linoleum; Artificial Leather.
Part V.,Leather Testing and the Theory of Tanning-- Testing and Analysis of Leather: Physical Testing of Tanned Leather; Chemical Analysis -- The Theory of Tanning and the other Operations of the Leather and Skin Industry: Theory of Soaking; Theory of Unhairing; Theory of Swelling; Theory of Handling; Theory of Tanning; Theory of the Action of Tannin on the Skin; Theory of Hungary Leather Making; Theory of Tawing; Theory of Chamoy Leather Making; Theory of Mineral Tanning.
Part VI.,Uses of Leather-- Machine Belts: Manufacture of Belting; Leather Chain Belts; Various Belts; Use of Belts -- Boot and Shoe-making: Boots and Shoes; Laces -- Saddlery: Composition of a Saddle; Construction of a Saddle -- Harness: The Pack Saddle; Harness -- Military Equipment -- Glove Making -- Carriage Building -- Mechanical Uses.
Appendix,The World's Commerce in Leather-- Europe; America; Asia; Africa; Australasia -- Index.
THE LEATHER WORKER'S MANUAL.Being a Compendium of Practical Recipes and Working Formulæ for Curriers, Bootmakers, Leather Dressers, Blacking Manufacturers, Saddlers, Fancy Leather Workers. ByH. C. Standage. Demy 8vo. 165 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
Blackings, Polishes, Glosses, Dressings, Renovators, etc., for Boot and Shoe Leather -- Harness Blackings, Dressings, Greases, Compositions, Soaps, and Boot-top Powders and Liquids, etc., etc. -- Leather Grinders' Sundries -- Currier's Seasonings, Blacking Compounds, Dressings, Finishes, Glosses, etc. -- Dyes and Stains for Leather --Miscellaneous Information -- Chrome Tannage -- Index.
THE MANUAL OF PRACTICAL POTTING.Compiled by Experts, and Edited byChas. F. Binns. Revised Third Edition and Enlarged. 200 pp. Price 17s. 6d. net. (Post free, 17s. 10d. home; 18s. 3d. abroad.)
Contents.
Introduction.The Rise and Progress of the Potter's Art --Bodies. China and Porcelain Bodies, Parian Bodies, Semi-porcelain and Vitreous Bodies, Mortar Bodies, Earthenwares Granite and C.C. Bodies, Miscellaneous Bodies, Sagger and Crucible Clays, Coloured Bodies, Jasper Bodies, Coloured Bodies for Mosaic Painting, Encaustic Tile Bodies, Body Stains, Coloured Dips --Glazes.China Glazes, Ironstone Glazes, Earthenware Glazes, Glazes without Lead, Miscellaneous Glazes, Coloured Glazes, Majolica Colours --Gold and Gold Colours.Gold, Purple of Cassius, Marone and Ruby, Enamel Coloured Bases, Enamel Colour Fluxes, Enamel Colours, Mixed Enamel Colours, Antique and Vellum Enamel Colours, Underglaze Colours, Underglaze Colour Fluxes, Mixed Underglaze Colours, Flow Powders, Oils and Varnishes --Means and Methods.Reclamation of Waste Gold, The Use of Cobalt, Notes on Enamel Colours, Liquid or Bright Gold --Classification and Analysis.Classification of Clay Ware, Lord Playfair's Analysis of Clays, The Markets of theWorld, Time and Scale of Firing, Weights of Potter's Material, Decorated Goods Count -- Comparative Loss of Weight of Clays -- Ground Felspar Calculations -- The Conversion of Slop Body Recipes into Dry Weight -- The Cost of Prepared Earthenware Clay --Forms and Tables.Articles of Apprenticeship, Manufacturer's Guide to Stocktaking, Table of Relative Values of Potter's Materials, Hourly Wages Table, Workman's Settling Table, Comparative Guide for Earthenware and China Manufacturers in the use of Slop Flint and Slop Stone, Foreign Terms applied to Earthenware and China Goods, Table for the Conversion of Metrical Weights and Measures on the Continent and South America --Index.
CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY:Being some Aspects of Technical Science as Applied to Pottery Manufacture. Edited byCharles F. Binns. 100 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 12s. 6d. net. (Post free, 12s. 10d. home; 13s. abroad.)
Contents.
Preface -- The Chemistry of Pottery -- Analysis and Synthesis -- Clays and their Components--The Biscuit Oven -- Pyrometry -- Glazes and their Composition -- Colours and Colour-making -- Index.
A TREATISE ON THE CERAMIC INDUSTRIES.A Complete Manual for Pottery, Tile and Brick Works. ByEmile Bourry. Translated from the French byWilton P. Rix, Examiner in Pottery and Porcelain to the City and Guilds of London Technical Institute, Pottery Instructor to the Hanley School Board. Royal 8vo. 760 pp. 323 Illustrations. Price 21s. net. (Post free, 22s. home; 24s. abroad.)
Contents.
Part I.,General Pottery Methods.Definition and History. Definitions and Classification of Ceramic Products -- Historic Summary of the Ceramic Art -- Raw Materials of Bodies. Clays: Pure Clay and Natural Clays -- Various Raw Materials: Analogous to Clay -- Agglomerative and Agglutinative -- Opening -- Fusible -- Refractory -- Trials of Raw Materials -- Plastic Bodies. Properties and Composition -- Preparation of Raw Materials: Disaggregation -- Purification -- Preparation of Bodies: By Plastic Method -- By Dry Method -- By Liquid Method -- Formation, Processes of Formation: Throwing -- Expression -- Moulding by Hand, on the Jolley, by Compression, by Slip Casting -- Slapping -- Slipping -- Drying. Drying of Bodies -- Processes of Drying; By Evaporation -- By Aeration -- By Heating -- By Ventilation -- By Absorption -- Glazes. Composition and Properties -- Raw Materials -- Manufacture and Application -- Firing. Properties of the Bodies and Glazes during Firing -- Description of the Kilns -- Working of the Kilns -- Decoration. Colouring Materials -- Processes of Decoration.
Part II.,Special Pottery Methods.Terra Cottas. Classification: Plain Ordinary, Hollow, Ornamental, Vitrified, and Light Bricks -- Ordinary and Black Tiles -- Paving Tiles -- Pipes -- Architectural Terra Cottas -- Vases, Statues and Decorative Objects -- Common Pottery -- Pottery for Water and Filters -- Tobacco Pipes -- Lustre Ware -- Properties and Tests for Terra Cottas--Fireclay Goods. Classification: Argillaceous, Aluminous, Carboniferous, Silicious and Basic Fireclay Goods -- Fireclay Mortar (Pug) -- Tests for Fireclay Goods -- Faiences. Varnished Faiences -- Enamelled Faiences -- Silicious Faiences -- Pipeclay Faiences -- Pebble Work -- Feldspathic Faiences -- Composition, Processes of Manufacture and General Arrangements of Faience Potteries -- Stoneware. Stoneware Properly So-called: Paving Tiles -- Pipes -- Sanitary Ware -- Stoneware for Food Purposes and Chemical Productions -- Architectural Stoneware -- Vases, Statues and other Decorative Objects -- Fine Stoneware -- Porcelain. Hard Porcelain for Table Ware and Decoration, for the Fire, for Electrical Conduits, for Mechanical Purposes; Architectural Porcelain, and Dull or Biscuit Porcelain -- Soft Phosphated or English Porcelain -- Soft Vitreous Porcelain, French and New Sèvres -- Argillaceous Soft or Seger's Porcelain -- Dull Soft or Parian Porcelain -- Dull Feldspathic Soft Porcelain --Index.
POTTERY DECORATING,ByR. Hainbach. Translated from the German. Crown 8vo. 22 Illustrations. Deals with Glazes, Colours, etc. [In the Press.]
ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY.Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, Enamelled Terra-cottas, Ordinary and Incrusted Quarries, Stoneware Mosaics, Faïences and Architectural Stoneware. ByLeon Lefêvre. With Five Plates. 950 Illustrations in the Text, and numerous estimates. 500 pp., royal 8vo. Translated from the French byK. H. Bird, M.A., andW. Moore Binns. Price 15s. net. (Post free, 15s. 6d. home; 16s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Part I.Plain Undecorated Pottery. -- Clays, Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, Chimney Flues, Terra-cotta.
Part II.Made-up or Decorated Pottery.
THEART OF RIVETING GLASS, CHINA AND EARTHENWARE.ByJ. Howarth. Second Edition. Paper Cover. Price 1s. net; by post, home or abroad, 1s. 1d.
NOTES ON POTTERY CLAYS.Their Distribution, Properties, Uses and Analyses of Ball Clays, China Clays and China Stone. ByJas. Fairie, F.G.S. 132 pp. Crown 8vo. Price 3s. 6d. net. (Post free, 3s. 9d. home; 3s. 10d. abroad.)
A Reissue of
THE HISTORY OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES; AND THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN.With References to Genuine Specimens, and Notices of Eminent Potters. BySimeon Shaw. (Originally Published in 1829.) 265 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)
Contents.
Introductory Chaptershowing the position of the Pottery Trade at the present time (1899) --Preliminary Remarks--The Potteries, comprising Tunstall, Brownhills, Greenfield and New Field, Golden Hill, Latebrook, Green Lane, Burslem, Longport and Dale Hall, Hot Lane and Cobridge, Hanley and Shelton, Etruria, Stoke, Penkhull, Fenton, Lane Delph, Foley, Lane End --On the Origin of the Art, and its Practice among the early Nations --Manufacture of Pottery, prior to 1700 --The Introduction of Red Porcelainby Messrs. Elers, of Bradwell, 1690 --Progress of the Manufacturefrom 1700 to Mr. Wedgwood's commencement in 1760 --Introduction of Fluid Glaze-- Extension of the Manufacture of Cream Colour -- Mr. Wedgwood's Queen's Ware -- Jasper, and Appointment of Potter to Her Majesty -- Black Printing --Introduction of Porcelain.Mr. W. Littler's Porcelain -- Mr. Cookworthy's Discovery of Kaolin and Petuntse, and Patent -- Sold to Mr. Champion -- resold to the New Hall Com. -- Extension of Term --Blue Printed Pottery.Mr. Turner, Mr. Spode (1), Mr. Baddeley, Mr. Spode (2), Messrs. Turner, Mr. Wood, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Minton -- Great Change in Patterns of Blue Printed --Introduction of Lustre Pottery.Improvements in Pottery and Porcelain subsequent to 1800.
A Reissue of
THE CHEMISTRY OF THE SEVERAL NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL HETEROGENEOUS COMPOUNDS USED IN MANUFACTURING PORCELAIN, GLASS AND POTTERY. BySimeon Shaw. (Originally published in 1837.) 750 pp. Royal 8vo. Price 14s. net. (Post free, 15s. home; 17s. abroad.)
RECIPES FOR FLINT GLASS MAKING.By a British Glass Master and Mixer. Sixty Recipes. Being Leaves from the Mixing Book of several experts in the Flint Glass Trade, containing up-to-date recipes and valuable information as to Crystal, Demi-crystal and Coloured Glass in its many varieties. It contains the recipes for cheap metal suited to pressing, blowing, etc., as well as the most costly crystal and ruby. Crown 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 9d. home; 10s. 10d. abroad.)
Contents.
Ruby -- Ruby from Copper -- Flint for using with the Ruby for Coating -- A German Metal -- Cornelian, or Alabaster -- Sapphire Blue -- Crysophis -- Opal -- Turquoise Blue -- Gold Colour -- Dark Green -- Green (common) -- Green for Malachite -- Blue for Malachite -- Black for Malachite -- Black -- Common Canary Batch -- Canary -- White Opaque Glass -- Sealing-wax Red -- Flint -- Flint Glass (Crystal and Demi) -- Achromatic Glass -- Paste Glass -- White Enamel -- Firestone--Dead White (for moons) -- White Agate -- Canary -- Canary Enamel -- Index.
ATREATISE ON THE ART OF GLASS PAINTING.Prefaced with a Review of Ancient Glass. ByErnest R. Suffling. With One Coloured Plate and Thirty-seven Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 140 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
A Short History of Stained Glass -- Designing Scale Drawings --Cartoons and the Cut Line -- Various Kinds of Glass Cutting for Windows -- The Colours and Brushes used in Glass Painting -- Painting on Glass, Dispersed Patterns -- Diapered Patterns -- Aciding -- Firing -- Fret Lead Glazing -- Index.
PAINTING ON GLASS AND PORCELAIN AND ENAMEL PAINTING.A Complete Introduction to the Preparation of all the Colours and Fluxes used for Painting on Porcelain, Enamel, Faïence and Stoneware, the Coloured Pastes and Coloured Glasses, together with a Minute Description of the Firing of Colours and Enamels. ByFelix Hermann, Technical Chemist. With Eighteen Illustrations. 300 pp. Translated from the German second and enlarged Edition. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. abroad.)
THE DYEING OF PAPER PULP.A Practical Treatise for the use of Papermakers, Paperstainers, Students and others. ByJulius Erfurt, Manager of a Paper Mill. Translated into English and Edited with Additions byJulius Hübner, F.C.S., Lecturer on Papermaking at the Manchester Municipal Technical School. With Illustrations and157 patterns of paper dyed in the pulp. Royal 8vo, 180 pp. Price 15s. net. (Post free, 15s. 6d. home; 16s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Behaviour of the Paper Fibres during the Process of Dyeing, Theory of the Mordant--Colour Fixing Mediums(Mordants) --Influence of the Quality of the Water Used--Inorganic Colours--Organic Colours--Practical Application of the Coal Tar Colours according to their Properties and their Behaviour towards the Different Paper Fibres--Dyed Patterns on Various Pulp Mixtures--Dyeing to Shade-- Index.
THE PAPER MILL CHEMIST.ByHenry P. Stevens, M.A., Ph.D., F.I.C. Royal 12mo. 60 Illustrations. [In the press.]
Contents.
Introduction.-- Dealing with the Apparatus required in Chemical Work and General Chemical Manipulation, introducing the subject of Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis.Fuels.-- Analysis of Coal, Coke and other Fuels -- Sampling and Testing for Moisture, Ash, Calorific Value, etc. -- Comparative Heating Value of different Fuels and Relative Efficiency.Water.-- Analysis for Steam Raising and for Paper Making Purposes generally -- Water Softening and Purification -- A List of the more important Water Softening Plant, giving Power required, Weight, Space Occupied, Out-put and Approximate Cost.Raw Materials and Detection of Adulterants.-- Analysis and Valuation of the more important Chemicals used in Paper Making, including Lime, Caustic Soda, Sodium Carbonate, Mineral Acids, Bleach Antichlor, Alum, Rosin and Rosin Size, Glue Gelatin and Casein, Starch, China Clay, Blanc Fixe, Satin White and other Loading Materials, Mineral Colours and Aniline Dyes.Manufacturing Operations.-- Rags and the Chemical Control of Rag Boiling -- Esparto Boiling -- Wood Boiling -- Testing Spent Liquors and Recovered Ash -- Experimental Tests with Raw Fibrous Materials -- Boiling in Autoclaves -- Bleaching and making up Hand Sheets -- Examination of Sulphite Liquors -- Estimation of Moisture in Pulp and Half-stuff -- Recommendations of the British Wood Pulp Association.Finished Products.-- Paper Testing, including Physical, Chemical and Microscopical Tests, Area, Weight, Thickness, Apparent Specific Gravity, Bulk or Air Space. Determination of Machine Direction, Thickness, Strength, Stretch, Resistance to Crumpling and Friction, Transparency, Absorbency and other qualities of Blotting Papers -- Determination of the Permeability of Filtering Papers -- Detection and Estimation of Animal and Vegetable Size in Paper -- Sizing Qualities of Paper -- Fibrous Constituents -- Microscopical Examination of Fibres -- The Effect of Beating on Fibres -- Staining Fibres -- Mineral Matter -- Ash -- Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of Mineral Matter -- Examination of Coated Papers and Colouring Matters in Paper.
CONTENTSOF "THE TESTING OF PAPER"--continued.
Tables.-- English and Metrical Weights and Measures with Equivalents -- Conversion of Grams to Grains andvice versa-- Equivalent Costs per lb., cwt., and ton -- Decimal Equivalents of lbs., qrs., and cwts. -- Thermometric and Barometric Scales -- Atomic Weights and Molecular Weights -- Factors for Calculating the Percentage of Substance Sought from the Weight of Substance Found -- Table of Solubilities of Substances Treated of in Paper Making -- Specific Gravity Tables of such substances as are used in Paper Making, including Sulphuric Acid Hydrochloric Acid, Bleach, Milk of Lime, Caustic Soda, Carbonate of Soda, etc., giving Percentage Strength with Specific Gravity and Degrees Tw. -- Hardness Table for Soap Tests -- Dew Point -- Wet and Dry Bulb Tables -- Properties of Saturated Steam, giving Temperature, Pressure and Volume -- List of Different Machines used in the Paper Making Industry, giving Size, Weight, Space Occupied, Power to Drive, Out-put and Approximate Cost -- Calculation of Moisture in Pulp -- Rag-Boiling Tables, giving Percentages of Lime Soda and Time required -- Loss in Weight in Rags and other Raw Materials during Boiling and Bleaching -- Conditions of Buying and Selling as laid down by the Paper Makers' Association -- Table of Names and Sizes of Papers -- Table for ascertaining the Weight per Ream from the Weight per Sheet -- Calculations of Areas and Volumes -- Logarithms -- Blank pages for Notes.
THE TREATMENT OF PAPER FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES.ByL. E. Andés. Translated from the German. Crown 8vo. 48 Illustrations. 250 pp. [In the Press.]
Contents.
I., Parchment Paper, Vegetable Parchment.-- The Parchment Paper Machine -- Opaque Supple Parchment Paper -- Thick Parchment -- Krugler's Parchment Paper and Parchment Slates -- Double and Triple Osmotic Parchment -- Utilising Waste Parchment Paper -- Parchmented Linen and Cotton -- Parchment Millboard -- Imitation Horn and Ivory from Parchment Paper -- Imitation Parchment Paper -- Artificial Parchment -- Testing the Sulphuric Acid. II., Papers for Transfer Pictures.III., Papers for Preservative and Packing Purposes.-- Butter Paper -- Wax Paper -- Paraffin Paper -- Wrapping Paper for Silverware -- Waterproof Paper -- Anti-corrosive Paper. IV., Grained Transfer Papers. V., Fire-proof and Antifalsification Papers,VI., Paper Articles.-- Vulcanised Paper Maché -- Paper Bottles -- Plastic Articles of Paper -- Waterproof Coverings for Walls and Ceilings -- Paper Wheels, Roofing and Boats -- Paper Barrels -- Paper Boxes -- Paper Horseshoes. VII., Gummed Paper. VIII., Hectograph Papers.IX., Insecticide Papers.-- Fly Papers -- Moth Papers.X., Chalk and Leather Papers.-- Glacé Chalk Paper -- Leather Paper -- Imitation Leather. XI., Luminous Papers -- Blue-Print Papers -- Blotting Papers. XII., Metal Papers -- Medicated Papers. XIII., Marbled Papers. XIV., Tracing and Copying Papers -- Iridescent or Mother of Pearl Papers. XV., Photographic Papers -- Shellac Paper -- Fumigating Papers -- Test Papers.XVI., Papers for Cleaning and Polishing Purposes -- Glass Paper-- Pumice Paper -- Emery Paper. XVII., Lithographic Transfer Papers.XIX., Sundry Special Papers-- Satin Paper -- Enamel Paper -- Cork Paper -- Split Paper -- Electric Paper -- Paper Matches -- Magic Pictures -- Laundry Blue Papers -- Blue Paper for Bleachers. XX., Waterproof Papers -- Washable Drawing Papers -- Washable Card -- Washable Coloured Paper--Waterproof Millboard -- Sugar Paper. XXI., The Characteristics of Paper -- Paper Testing.
ENAMELS AND ENAMELLING.For Enamel Makers, Workers in Gold and Silver, and Manufacturers of Objects of Art. ByPaul Randau. Translated from the German. With Sixteen Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 180 pp. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. abroad.)
THE ART OF ENAMELLING ON METAL.ByW. Norman Brown. Twenty-eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 60 pp. Price 2s. 6d. net. (Post free, 2s. 9d. home and abroad.)
SILK THROWING AND WASTE SILK SPINNING.ByHollins Rayner. Demy 8vo. 170 pp. 117 Illus. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
The Silkworm -- Cocoon Reeling and Qualities of Silk -- Silk Throwing -- Silk Wastes -- The Preparation of Silk Waste for Degumming -- Silk Waste Degumming, Schapping and Discharging -- The Opening and Dressing of Wastes -- Silk Waste "Drawing" or "Preparing" Machinery -- Long Spinning -- Short Spinning -- Spinning and Finishing Processes -- Utilisation of Waste Products -- Noil Spinning -- Exhaust Noil Spinning.
THE CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY OF TEXTILE FIBRES: Their Origin, Structure, Preparation, Washing, Bleaching, Dyeing, Printing and Dressing. By Dr.Georg von Georgievics. Translated from the German byCharles Salter. 320 pp. Forty-seven Illustrations. Royal 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 3d. abroad.)
Contents.
The Textile Fibres--Washing, Bleaching, Carbonising--Mordants and Mordanting--Dyeing--Printing--Dressing and Finishing.
POWER-LOOM WEAVING AND YARN NUMBERING.According to Various Systems, with Conversion Tables. Translated from the German ofAnthon Gruner.With Twenty-Six Diagrams in Colours.150 pp. Crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d. home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
Power-Loom Weaving in General.Various Systems of Looms --Mounting and Starting the Power-Loom.English Looms -- Tappet or Treadle Looms -- Dobbies --General Remarks on the Numbering, Reeling and Packing of Yarn--Appendix--Useful Hints.Calculating Warps -- Weft Calculations -- Calculations of Cost Price in Hanks.
TEXTILE RAW MATERIALS AND THEIR CONVERSION INTO YARNS.(The Study of the Raw Materials and the Technology of the Spinning Process.) ByJulius Zipser. Translated from German byCharles Salter. 302 Illustrations. 500 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
PART 1. -- The Raw Materials Used in the Textile Industry.Mineral Raw Materials. Vegetable Raw Materials. Animal Raw Materials.
PART II. -- The Technology of Spinning or the Conversion of Textile Raw Materials into Yarn.
Spinning Vegetable Raw Materials.Cotton Spinning -- Installation of a Cotton Mill -- Spinning Waste Cotton and Waste Cotton Yarns -- Flax Spinning -- Fine Spinning -- Tow Spinning -- Hemp Spinning -- Spinning Hemp Tow String -- Jute Spinning -- Spinning Jute Line Yarn -- Utilising Jute Waste.
PART III. -- Spinning Animal Raw Materials.
Spinning Carded Woollen Yarn -- Finishing Yarn -- Worsted Spinning -- Finishing Worsted Yarn -- Artificial Wool or Shoddy Spinning -- Shoddy and Mungo Manufacture -- Spinning Shoddy and other Wool Substitutes -- Spinning Waste Silk -- Chappe Silk -- Fine Spinning -- Index.
GRAMMAR OF TEXTILE DESIGN.By H.Nisbet, Weaving and Designing Master, Bolton Municipal Technical School. Demy 8vo. 280 pp. 490 Illustrations and Diagrams. Price 6s. net. (Post free, 6s. 10d. home; 7s. abroad.)
Contents.
Chapter I.,Introduction.-- General Principle of Fabric Structure and the use of Design Paper.
Chapter II.,The Plain Weave and its Modifications.--The Plain, Calico, or Tabby Weave. -- Firmness of Texture -- Variety of Texture -- Variety of Form: Ribbed Fabrics -- Corded Fabrics -- Matt Weaves.
Chapter III.,Twill and Kindred Weaves. -- Classification of Twill Weaves. --1. Continuous Twills-- (a)Warp-face Twills-- (b)Weft-face Twills-- (c)Warp and Weft-face Twills-- The Angle of Twill -- Influences affecting the Prominence of Twills and Kindred Weaves (a)Character of Weave, (b)Character of Yarn, (c)Number of Threads per Inch, (d)Direction of Twill in Relation to the Direction of Twist in Yarn--2. Zigzag or Wavy Twills-- 3.Rearranged Twills: Satin Weaves -- Table of Intervals of Selection for the Construction of Satin Weaves -- Corkscrew Twills -- Rearrangement of Twill Weaves on Satin and other Bases --4. Combined Twills--5. Broken Twills--6. Figured or Ornamented Twills.
Chapter IV.,Diamond and Kindred Weaves, --Diamond Weaves.-- Honeycomb and Kindred Weaves -- Brighton Weaves -- Sponge Weaves -- Huck-a-Back and Kindred Weaves -- Grecian Weaves -- Linear Zigzag Weaves.
ChapterV.,Bedford Cords.-- Plain Calico-ribbed Bedford Cords -- Plain Twill-ribbed Bedford Cords -- Figured Bedford Cords -- Tabulated Data of Particulars relating to the Manufacture of Seventeen Varieties of Bedford Cord Fabrics described in this Chapter.
Chapter VI.,Backed Fabrics.-- Weft-backed Fabrics -- Warp-backed Fabrics -- Reversible or Double-faced Fabrics.
Chapter VII.,Fustians.--Varieties of Fustians.-- Imperials or Swansdowns -- Cantoons or Diagonals -- Moleskins -- Beaverteens --Velveteensand Velveteen Cutting -- Ribbed or Corded Velveteen -- Figured Velveteen --Corduroy-- Figured Corduroy -- Corduroy Cutting Machines.
Chapter VIII.,Terry Pile Fabrics. -- Methods of producing Terry Pile on Textile Fabrics -- Terry-forming Devices -- Varieties of Terry Fabrics -- Action of the Reed in Relation to Shedding -- Figured Terry Weaving -- Practical Details of Terry Weaving.
Chapter IX.,Gauze and Leno Fabrics. --Gauze, Net Leno, and Leno Brocade Varieties of Cross-Weaving.-- Plain Gauze, and a Heald Gauze or Leno Harness -- Net Leno Fabrics -- Gauze and Net Leno Figuring by means of several Back Standard Healds to each Doup Heald --Leno Specialities produced by a System of Crossing Warp Ends infrontof the Reed-- A Device for the Production of Special Leno Effects -- Full Cross Leno Fabrics -- Relative Merits of a Top and a Bottom Doup Harness -- Relative Merits of Different Types of Dobbies for Gauze and Leno Fabrics -- Shaking Devices for Leno Weaving -- Practical Details of Leno Weaving --Tempered Steel-wire Doup Harnesses for Cross-weaving-- Mock or Imitation Leno Fabrics.
Chapter X.,Tissue, Lappet, and Swivel Figuring; also Ondulé Effects, and Looped Fabrics. --Tissue Figuring-- Madras Muslin Curtains --Lappet Figuring-- Spot Lappet Figuring --Swivel Figuring--Woven Ondulé Effects-- Loom for Weaving Ondulé Effects -- Weft Ondulé Effects --Looped Fabrics.--Index.
NEEDLEWORK AND DESIGN.By MissM. E. Wilkinson. Quarto. 24 Plates and Text. 52 pp. [In the Press.]
HOME LACE-MAKING.A Handbook for Teachers and Pupils. ByM. E. W. Milroy. Crown 8vo. 64 pp. With 3 Plates and 9 Diagrams. Price 1s. net. (Post free, 1s. 3d. home; 1s. 4d. abroad.)
THE CHEMISTRY OF HAT MANUFACTURING.Lectures delivered before the Hat Manufacturers' Association. ByWatson Smith, F.C.S., F.I.C. Revised and Edited byAlbert Shonk, Crown 8vo. 132 pp. 16 Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d. home; 7s. 10d. abroad.)
Contents.
Textile Fibres, principally Wool, Fur, and Hair -- Water: its Chemistry and Properties; Impurities and their Action; Tests of Purity -- Acids and Alkalis -- Boric Acid, Borax, Soap -- Shellac, Wood Spirit, and the Stiffening and Proofing Process -- Mordants: their Nature and Use -- Dye-stuffs and Colours -- Dyeing of Wool and Fur; and Optical Properties of Colours-Index.
THE TECHNICAL TESTING OF YARNS AND TEXTILE FABRICS.With Reference to Official Specifications. Translated from the German of Dr.J. Herzfeld. Second Edition. Sixty-nine Illustrations. 200 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. abroad.)
Contents.
Yarn Testing. Determining the Yarn Number--Testing the Length of Yarns--Examination of the External Appearance of Yarn--Determining the Twist of Yarn and Twist--Determination of Tensile Strength and Elasticity--Estimating the Percentage of Fat in Yarn--Determination of Moisture(Conditioning) --Appendix.
DECORATIVE AND FANCY TEXTILE FABRICS.ByR. T. Lord. Manufacturers and Designers of Carpets, Damask, Dress and all Textile Fabrics. 200 pp. Demy 8vo. 132 Designs and Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DAMASK WEAVING.ByH. KinzerandK. Walter. Royal 8vo. Eighteen Folding Plates Six Illustrations. Translated from the German. 110 pp. Price 8s. 6d. net. (Post free, 9s. home; 9s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
The Various Sorts of Damask Fabrics-- Drill (Ticking, Handloom-made) -- Whole Damask for Tablecloths -- Damask with Ground- and Connecting-warp Threads -- Furniture Damask -- Lampas or Hangings -- Church Damasks --The Manufacture of Whole Damask-- Damask Arrangement with and without Cross-Shedding -- The Altered Cone-arrangement -- The Principle of the Corner Lifting Cord -- The Roller Principle -- The Combination of the Jacquard with the so-called Damask Machine -- The Special Damask Machine -- The Combination of Two Tyings.
FAULTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN GOODS AND THEIR PREVENTION.ByNicolas Reiser. Translated from the Second German Edition. Crown 8vo. Sixty-three Illustrations. 170 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Improperly Chosen Raw Material or Improper Mixtures -- Wrong Treatment of the Material in Washing, Carbonisation, Drying, Dyeing and Spinning -- Improper Spacing of the Goods in the Loom -- Wrong Placing of Colours -- Wrong Weight or Width of the Goods -- Breaking of Warp and Weft Threads -- Presence of Doubles, Singles, Thick, Loose, and too Hard Twisted Threads as well as Tangles, Thick Knots and the Like -- Errors in Cross-weaving--Inequalities,i.e., Bands and Stripes -- Dirty Borders -- Defective Selvedges -- Holes and Buttons -- Rubbed Places -- Creases -- Spots -- Loose and Bad Colours -- Badly Dyed Selvedges -- Hard Goods -- Brittle Goods -- Uneven Goods -- Removal of Bands, Stripes, Creases and Spots.
SPINNING AND WEAVING CALCULATIONS,especially relating to Woollens. From the German ofN. Reiser. Thirty-four Illustrations. Tables. 160 pp. Demy 8vo. 1904. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. abroad.)
Contents.
Calculating the Raw Material -- Proportion of Different Grades of Wool to Furnish a Mixture at a Given Price -- Quantity to Produce a Given Length -- Yarn Calculations -- Yarn Number -- Working Calculations -- Calculating the Reed Count -- Cost of Weaving, etc.
WATERPROOFING OF FABRICS.By Dr.S. Mierzinski. Crown 8vo, 104 pp. 29 Illus. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 4d. abroad.)
Contents.
Introduction -- Preliminary Treatment of the Fabric -- Waterproofing with Acetate of Alumina -- Impregnation of the Fabric -- Drying -- Waterproofing with Paraffin -- Waterproofing with Ammonium Cuprate -- Waterproofing with Metallic Oxides -- Coloured Waterproof Fabrics -- Waterproofing with Gelatine, Tannin, Caseinate of Lime and other Bodies -- Manufacture of Tarpaulin -- British Waterproofing Patents -- Index.
HOW TO MAKE A WOOLLEN MILL PAY.ByJohn Mackie. Crown 8vo. 76 pp. Price 3s. 6d. net. (Post free, 3s. 9d. home; 3s. 10d. abroad.)
Contents.
Blends, Piles, or Mixtures of Clean Scoured Wools -- Dyed Wool Book -- The Order Book -- Pattern Duplicate Books -- Management and Oversight -- Constant Inspection of Hill Departments -- Importance of Delivering Goods to Time, Shade, Strength, etc. -- Plums.
(For "Textile Soaps and Oils" seep. 7.)
THE COLOUR PRINTING OF CARPET YARNS.Manual for Colour Chemists and Textile Printers. ByDavid Paterson, F.C.S. Seventeen Illustrations. 136 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d, home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
Structure and Constitution of Wool Fibre -- Yarn Scouring -- Scouring Materials -- Water for Scouring -- Bleaching Carpet Yarns -- Colour Making for Yarn Printing -- Colour Printing Pastes -- Colour Recipes for Yarn Printing -- Science of Colour Mixing -- Matching of Colours -- "Hank" Printing -- Printing Tapestry Carpet Yarns -- Yarn Printing -- Steaming Printed Yarns -- Washing of Steamed Yarns -- Aniline Colours Suitable for Yarn Printing -- Glossary of Dyes and Dye-wares used in Wood Yarn Printing -- Appendix.
THESCIENCE OF COLOUR MIXING.A Manual intended for the use of Dyers, Calico Printers and Colour Chemists. ByDavid Paterson, F.C.S. Forty-one Illustrations,Five Coloured Plates, and Four Plates showing Eleven Dyed Specimens of Fabrics. 132 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
Colour a Sensation; Colours of Illuminated Bodies; Colours of Opaque and Transparent Bodies; Surface Colour -- Analysis of Light; Spectrum; Homogeneous Colours; Ready Method of Obtaining a Spectrum -- Examination of Solar Spectrum; The Spectroscope and Its Construction; Colourists' Use of the Spectroscope -- Colour by Absorption: Solutions and Dyed Fabrics; Dichroic Coloured Fabrics in Gaslight -- Colour Primaries of the Scientistversusthe Dyer and Artist; Colour Mixing by Rotation and Lye Dyeing; Hue, Purity, Brightness; Tints; Shades, Scales, Tones, Sad and Sombre Colours -- Colour Mixing; Pure and Impure Greens, Orange and Violets; Large Variety of Shades from few Colours; Consideration of the Practical Primaries: Red, Yellow and Blue -- Secondary Colours; Nomenclature of Violet and Purple Group; Tints and Shades of Violet; Changes in Artificial Light -- Tertiary Shades; Broken Hues; Absorption Spectra of Tertiary Shades -- Appendix: Four Plates with Dyed Specimens Illustrating Text -- Index.
DYERS' MATERIALS: An Introduction to the Examination, Evaluation and Application of the most important Substances used in Dyeing, Printing, Bleaching and Finishing. ByPaul Heerman, Ph.D. Translated from the German byA. C. Wright, M.A. (Oxon.), B.Sc. (Lond.). Twenty-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 150 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)
COLOUR MATCHING ON TEXTILES.A Manual intended for the use of Students of Colour Chemistry, Dyeing and Textile Printing. ByDavid Paterson, F.C.S. Coloured Frontispiece. Twenty-nine Illustrations andFourteen Specimens Of Dyed Fabrics. Demy 8vo. 132 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
Colour Vision and Structure of the Eye -- Perception of Colour -- Primary and Complementary Colour Sensations -- Daylight for Colour Matching -- Selection of a Good Pure Light -- Diffused Daylight, Direct Sunlight, Blue Skylight, Variability of Daylight, etc., etc. -- Matching of Hues -- Purity and Luminosity of Colours -- Matching Bright Hues -- Aid of Tinted Films -- Matching Difficulties Arising from Contrast -- Examination of Colours by Reflected and Transmitted Lights -- Effect of Lustre and Transparency of Fibres in Colour Matching -- Matching of Colours on Velvet Pile -- Optical Properties of Dye-stuffs, Dichroism, Fluorescence -- Use of Tinted Mediums -- Orange Film -- Defects of the Eye -- Yellowing of the Lens -- Colour Blindness, etc. -- Matching of Dyed Silk Trimmings and Linings and Bindings -- Its Difficulties -- Behaviour of Shades in Artificial Light -- Colour Matching of Old Fabrics, etc. -- Examination of Dyed Colours under the Artificial Lights -- Electric Arc, Magnesium and Dufton, Gardner Lights, Welsbach, Acetylene, etc. -- Testing Qualities of an Illuminant -- Influence of the Absorption Spectrum in Changes of Hue under the Artificial Lights -- Study of the Causes of Abnormal Modifications of Hue, etc.
COLOUR: A HANDBOOK OF THE THEORY OF COLOUR.ByGeorge H. Hurst, F.C.S.With Ten Coloured Platesand Seventy-two Illustrations. 160 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
Colour and Its Production -- Cause of Colour in Coloured Bodies -- Colour Phenomena and Theories -- The Physiology of Light -- Contrast -- Colour in Decoration and Design -- Measurement of Colour.
Reissue of
THE ART OF DYEING WOOL, SILK AND COTTON.Translated from the French ofM. Hellot,M. MacquerandM. le Pileur D'Apligny. First Published in English in 1789. Six Plates. Demy 8vo. 446 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 6d. home; 6s. abroad.)
Contents.
Part I.,The Art of Dyeing Wool and Woollen Cloth, Stuffs, Yarn, Worsted, etc.Part II.,The Art of Dyeing Silk.Part III.,The Art of Dyeing Cotton and Linen Thread, together with the Method of Stamping Silks, Cottons, etc.
THECHEMISTRY OF DYE-STUFFS.By Dr.Georg Von Georgievics. Translated from the Second German Edition. 412 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Introduction -- Coal Tar -- Intermediate Products in the Manufacture of Dye-stuffs--The Artificial Dye-stuffs (Coal-tar Dyes) -- Nitroso Dye-stuffs -- Nitro Dye-stuffs -- Azo Dye-stuffs -- Substantive Cotton Dye-stuffs -- Azoxystilbene Dye-stuffs -- Hydrazones -- Ketoneimides -- Triphenylmethane Dye-stuffs -- Rosolic Acid Dye-stuffs -- Xanthene Dye-stuffs -- Xanthone Dye-stuffs -- Flavones -- Oxyketone Dye-stuffs -- Quinoline and Acridine Dye-stuffs -- Quinonimide or Diphenylamine Dye-stuffs -- The Azine Group: Eurhodines, Safranines and Indulines -- Eurhodines -- Safranines -- Quinoxalines -- Indigo -- Dye-stuffs of Unknown Constitution -- Sulphur or Sulphine Dye stuffs -- Development of the Artificial Dye-stuff Industry -- The Natural Dye-stuffs -- Mineral Colours -- Index.
THE DYEING OF COTTON FABRICS: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student. ByFranklin Beech, Practical Colourist and Chemist. 272 pp. Forty-four Illustrations of Bleaching and Dyeing Machinery. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
Structure and Chemistry of the Cotton Fibre -- Scouring and Bleaching of Cotton --Dyeing Machinery and Dyeing Manipulations -- Principles and Practice of Cotton Dyeing -- Direct Dyeing; Direct Dyeing followed by Fixation with Metallic Salts; Direct Dyeing followed by Fixation with Developers; Direct Dyeing followed by Fixation with Couplers; Dyeing on Tannic Mordant; Dyeing on Metallic Mordant; Production of Colour Direct upon Cotton Fibres; Dyeing Cotton by Impregnation with Dye-stuff Solution -- Dyeing Union (Mixed Cotton and Wool) Fabrics -- Dyeing Half Silk (Cotton-Silk, Satin) Fabrics -- Operations following Dyeing -- Washing, Soaping, Drying -- Testing of the Colour of Dyed Fabrics -- Experimental Dyeing and Comparative Dye Testing -- Index.
The book contains numerous recipes for the production on Cotton Fabrics of all kinds of a great range of colours.
THE DYEING OF WOOLLEN FABRICS.ByFranklin Beech, Practical Colourist and Chemist. Thirty-three Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 228 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
The Wool Fibre -- Structure, Composition and Properties -- Processes Preparatory to Dyeing -- Scouring and Bleaching of Wool -- Dyeing Machinery and Dyeing Manipulations -- Loose Wool Dyeing, Yarn Dyeing and Piece Dyeing Machinery -- The Principles and Practice of Wool Dyeing -- Properties of Wool Dyeing -- Methods of Wool Dyeing -- Groups of Dyes -- Dyeing with the Direct Dyes -- Dyeing with Basic Dyes -- Dyeing with Acid Dyes -- Dyeing with Mordant Dyes -- Level Dyeing -- Blacks on Wool -- Reds on Wool -- Mordanting of Wool -- Orange Shades on Wool -- Yellow Shades on Wool -- Green Shades on Wool -- Blue Shades on Wool -- Violet Shades on Wool -- Brown Shades on Wool -- Mode Colours on Wool -- Dyeing Union (Mixed Cotton Wool) Fabrics -- Dyeing of Gloria -- Operations following Dyeing -- Washing, Soaping, Drying -- Experimental Dyeing and Comparative Dye Testing -- Testing of the Colour of Dyed Fabrics -- Index.
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE BLEACHING OF LINEN AND COTTON YARN AND FABRICS.ByL. Tailfer, Chemical and Mechanical Engineer. Translated from the French byJohn Geddes McIntosh. Demy 8vo. 303 pp. Twenty Illus. Price 12s. 6d. net. (Post free, 13s. home; 13s. 6d. abroad.)
COTTON SPINNING(First Year). ByThomas Thornley, Spinning Master, Bolton Technical School. 160 pp. Eighty-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Second Impression. Price 3s. net. (Post free, 3s. 4d. home; 3s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Syllabus and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London Institute -- Cultivation, Classification, Ginning, Baling and Mixing of the Raw Cotton -- Bale-Breakers, Mixing Lattices and Hopper Feeders -- Opening and Scutching -- Carding -- Indexes.
COTTONSPINNING(Intermediate, or Second Year). ByThomas Thornley. 180 pp. Seventy Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Syllabuses and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London Institute -- The Combing Process -- The Drawing Frame -- Bobbin and Fly Frames -- Mule Spinning -- Ring Spinning -- General Indexes.
COTTON SPINNING(Honours, or Third Year). ByThomas Thornley. 216 pp. Seventy-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Second Edition. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Syllabuses and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London Institute -- Cotton--The Practical Manipulation of Cotton Spinning Machinery -- Doubling and Winding -- Reeling -- Warping -- Production and Costs -- Main Driving -- Arrangement of Machinery and Mill Planning -- Waste and Waste Spinning -- Indexes.
COTTON COMBING MACHINES.ByThos. Thornley, Spinning Master, Technical School, Bolton. Demy 8vo. 117 Illustrations. 300 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 8s. home; 8s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
The Sliver Lap Machine and the Ribbon Cap Machine -- General Description of the Heilmann Comber -- The Cam Shaft -- On the Detaching and Attaching Mechanism of the Comber -- Resetting of Combers -- The Erection of a Heilmann Comber -- Stop Motions: Various Calculations -- Various Notes and Discussions -- Cotton Combing Machines of Continental Make -- Index.
MODERN FLAX, HEMP AND JUTE SPINNING AND TWISTING.A Practical Handbook for the use of Flax, Hemp and Jute Spinners, Thread, Twine and Rope Makers. ByHerbert R. Carter, Mill Manager, Textile Expert and Engineer, Examiner in Flax Spinning to the City and Guilds of London Institute. Demy 8vo. 1907. With 92 Illustrations. 200 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d. home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
Raw Fibre.-- Origin of Flax -- Hemp and Jute Fibre -- Description of the Plants -- Mode of Cultivation -- Suitable Climate and Soil -- Sowing -- Harvesting -- Rippling Flax and Hemp -- Water Retting -- Dew Retting -- Extraction of the Fibre -- Marketing the Fibre -- Bracquing -- Flax, Hemp and Jute Marks -- Comparative Prices -- Ports of Export -- Trade Centres -- Fibre Selling Conditions -- Duty on Fibre -- Fibre Exports.Hackling.-- Sorting and Storing the Raw Fibre -- Softening Hemp and Jute -- Jute Batching -- Cutting -- Piecing Out -- Roughing -- Hackling by Hand and Machine -- Tippling -- Sorting -- Ventilation of Hackling Rooms.Sliver Formation.-- Spreading Line -- Heavy Spreading System -- Good's Combined Hackle and Spreader -- Jute Breaking and Carding -- Flax and Hemp Tow Carding -- Bell Calculation -- Clock System -- Theory of Spreading.Line and Tow Preparing.-- Drawing and Doubling -- Draft Calculation -- Set Calculation -- Tow Combing -- Compound Systems -- Automatic Stop Motions and Independent Heads -- Details of Preparing Machinery -- Ventilation -- Humidification.Gill Spinning.-- Gill Spinning for Shoe Threads, Rope Yarns, Binder and Trawl Twines -- The Automatic Gill Spinner -- Rope and Reaper Yarn Numbering.The Flax, Hemp and Jute Roving Frame.-- Bobbin Winding -- Differential Motion -- Twist Calculation -- Practical Changing -- Rove Stock.Dry and Half-Dry Spinning.-- Flyer and Ring Frames -- Draft and Twist Calculation -- Bobbin Dragging -- Reaches -- Set of Breast Beam and Tin-rod.Wet Spinningof Flax, Hemp and Tow -- Hot and Cold Water Spinning -- Improvements in the Water Trough -- Turn off and Speed of Spindles -- Reaches -- Belting -- Band Tying -- Tape Driving -- Oiling -- Black Threads -- Cuts per Spindle -- Ventilation of the Wet Spinning Room.Yarn Department.-- Reeling -- Cop Winding -- Cheese and Spool Winding -- Balling Shoe Thread, Reaper Yarn, etc. -- Yarn Drying and Conditioning -- Yarn Bundling -- Yarn Baling -- Weight of Yarn -- Yarn Tables -- Duty on Yarn Imports.Manufacture of Threads, Twines and Cords.-- Hank Winding -- Wet and Dry Twisting -- Cabling -- Fancy Yarns -- Twine Laying -- Sizing and Polishing Threads and Twines -- Softening Threads -- Skeining Threads -- Balling Twines -- Leeson's Universal Winder -- Randing Twines -- Spooling Sewing Threads -- Comparative Prices of Flax and Hemp Cords, Lines and Threads.Rope Making.-- Construction of Hawsers and Cables -- Stranding -- Laying and Closing -- Compound Rope Machines -- Rules for Rope Makers -- Weight of Ropes -- Balling and Coiling Ropes.Mechanical Department.-- Boilers, Engines and Turbines -- Power Transmission by Belts and Ropes -- Electric Light and Power Transmission -- Fans -- Oils and Oiling -- Repairs -- Fluting.Mill Construction.-- Flax, Hemp and Jute Spinning Mills and Rope works -- Heating -- Roofs -- Chimneys, etc.