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 Miss M. E. WILKINSON. Quarto. 24 Plates and
Text. 52 pp. [_In the Press._]
#HOME LACE-MAKING.# A Handbook for Teachers and Pupils. By M. 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. By Watson SMITH, F.C.S., F.I.C. Revised
and Edited by Albert 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.# By R. 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.# By H. KINZER and K. 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.# (p. c21)
#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.# By
Nicolas 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 of N. 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.# By John 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" see p. 7._)
#DYEING, COLOUR PRINTING, MATCHING AND DYE-STUFFS.#
#THE COLOUR PRINTING OF CARPET YARNS.# Manual for Colour Chemists and
Textile Printers. By David 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.
#THE SCIENCE OF COLOUR MIXING.# A Manual intended for the use of (p. c22)
Dyers, Calico Printers and Colour Chemists. By David 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 Scientist _versus_ the 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. By Paul HEERMAN, Ph.D. Translated from the
German by A. 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. By David PATERSON,
F.C.S. Coloured Frontispiece. Twenty-nine Illustrations and #Fourteen
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.# By George H. HURST, F.C.S.
#With Ten Coloured Plates# and 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 of M. HELLOT, M. MACQUER and M. 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.#
#THE CHEMISTRY OF DYE-STUFFS.# By Dr. Georg Von GEORGIEVICS. (p. c23)
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. By Franklin 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.# By Franklin 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.
#BLEACHING AND WASHING.#
#A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE BLEACHING OF LINEN AND COTTON YARN AND
FABRICS.# By L. TAILFER, Chemical and Mechanical Engineer. Translated
from the French by John GEDDES McINTOSH. Demy 8vo. 303 pp. Twenty
Illus. Price 12s. 6d. net. (Post free, 13s. home; 13s. 6d. abroad.)
#COTTON SPINNING AND COMBING.#
#COTTON SPINNING# (First Year). By Thomas 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.
#COTTON SPINNING# (Intermediate, or Second Year). By Thomas (p. c24)
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). By Thomas 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.# By Thos. 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.
#FLAX, HEMP AND JUTE SPINNING.#
#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. By Herbert 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
Spinning# of 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.
#COLLIERIES AND MINES.# (p. c25)
#RECOVERY WORK AFTER PIT FIRES.# By Robert LAMPRECHT, Mining Engineer
and Manager. Translated from the German. Illustrated by Six large
Plates, containing Seventy-six Illustrations. 175 pp., demy 8vo. Price
10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. abroad.)
#Contents.#
#Causes of Pit Fires -- Preventive Regulations#: (1) The Outbreak and
Rapid Extension of a Shaft Fire can be most reliably prevented by
Employing little or no Combustible Material in the Construction of the
Shaft; (2) Precautions for Rapidly Localising an Outbreak of Fire in
the Shaft; (3) Precautions to be Adopted in case those under 1 and 2
Fail or Prove Inefficient. Precautions against Spontaneous Ignition of
Coal. Precautions for Preventing Explosions of Fire-damp and Coal
Dust. Employment of Electricity in Mining, particularly in Fiery Pits.
Experiments on the Ignition of Fire-damp Mixtures and Clouds of Coal
Dust by Electricity -- #Indications of an Existing or Incipient Fire --
Appliances for Working in Irrespirable Gases#: Respiratory Apparatus;
Apparatus with Air Supply Pipes; Reservoir Apparatus; Oxygen Apparatus
-- #Extinguishing Pit Fires#: (_a_) Chemical Means; (_b_) Extinction
with Water. Dragging down the Burning Masses and Packing with Clay;
(_c_) Insulating the Seat of the Fire by Dams. Dam Building. Analyses
of Fire Gases. Isolating the Seat of a Fire with Dams: Working in
Irrespirable Gases ("Gas-diving"): Air-Lock Work. Complete Isolation
of the Pit. Flooding a Burning Section isolated by means of Dams.
Wooden Dams: Masonry Dams. Examples of Cylindrical and Dome-shaped
Dams. Dam Doors: Flooding the Whole Pit -- #Rescue Stations#: (_a_)
Stations above Ground; (_b_) Underground Rescue Stations --
#Spontaneous Ignition of Coal in Bulk# -- Index.
#VENTILATION IN MINES.# By Robert WABNER, Mining Engineer. Translated
from the German. Royal 8vo. Thirty Plates and Twenty-two
Illustrations. 240 pp. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s.
3d. abroad.)
#Contents.#
#The Causes of the Contamination of Pit Air -- The Means of Preventing
the Dangers resulting from the Contamination of Pit Air -- Calculating
the Volume of Ventilating Current necessary to free Pit Air from
Contamination -- Determination of the Resistance Opposed to the
Passage of Air through the Pit -- Laws of Resistance and Formulæ
therefor -- Fluctuations in the Temperament or Specific Resistance of
a Pit -- Means for Providing a Ventilating Current in the Pit --
Mechanical Ventilation -- Ventilators and Fans -- Determining the
Theoretical, Initial, and True (Effective) Depression of the
Centrifugal Fan -- New Types of Centrifugal Fan of Small Diameter and
High Working Speed -- Utilising the Ventilating Current to the utmost
Advantage and distributing the same through the Workings --
Artificially retarding the Ventilating Current -- Ventilating
Preliminary Workings -- Blind Headings -- Separate Ventilation --
Supervision of Ventilation# -- INDEX.
#HAULAGE AND WINDING APPLIANCES USED IN MINES.# By Carl VOLK. Translated
from the German. Royal 8vo. With Six Plates and 148 Illustrations. 150
pp. Price 8s. 6d. net. (Post free, 9s. home; 9s. 3d. abroad.)
#Contents.#
Haulage Appliances -- Ropes -- Haulage Tubs and Tracks -- Cages and
Winding Appliances -- Winding Engines for Vertical Shafts -- Winding
without Ropes -- Haulage in Levels and Inclines -- The Working of
Underground Engines -- Machinery for Downhill Haulage.
#DENTAL METALLURGY.#
#DENTAL METALLURGY: MANUAL FOR STUDENTS AND DENTISTS.# By A. B.
GRIFFITHS, Ph.D. Demy 8vo. Thirty-six Illustrations. 200 pp. Price 7s.
6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
#Contents.#
Introduction -- Physical Properties of the Metals -- Action of Certain
Agents on Metals -- Alloys -- Action of Oral Bacteria on Alloys --
Theory and Varieties of Blowpipes -- Fluxes -- Furnaces and Appliances
-- Heat and Temperature -- Gold -- Mercury -- Silver -- Iron -- Copper
-- Zinc -- Magnesium -- Cadmium -- Tin -- Lead -- Aluminium --
Antimony -- Bismuth -- Palladium -- Platinum -- Iridium -- Nickel --
Practical Work -- Weights and Measures.
#ENGINEERING, SMOKE PREVENTION AND METALLURGY.# (p. c26)
#THE PREVENTION OF SMOKE.# Combined with the Economical Combustion of
Fuel. By W. C. POPPLEWELL, M.Sc., A.M.Inst., C.E., Consulting Engineer.
Forty-six Illustrations. 190 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post
free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)
#Contents#.
Fuel and Combustion -- Hand Firing in Boiler Furnaces -- Stoking by
Mechanical Means -- Powdered Fuel -- Gaseous Fuel -- Efficiency and
Smoke Tests of Boilers -- Some Standard Smoke Trials -- The Legal
Aspect of the Smoke Question -- The Best Means to be adopted for the
Prevention of Smoke -- Index.
#GAS AND COAL DUST FIRING.# A Critical Review of the Various Appliances
Patented in Germany for this purpose since 1885. By Albert PÜTSCH. 130
pp. Demy 8vo. Translated from the German. With 103 Illustrations.
Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
#Contents#.
Generators -- Generators Employing Steam -- Stirring and Feed
Regulating Appliances -- Direct Generators -- Burners -- Regenerators
and Recuperators -- Glass Smelting Furnaces -- Metallurgical Furnaces
-- Pottery Furnace -- Coal Dust Firing -- Index.
#THE HARDENING AND TEMPERING OF STEEL IN THEORY AND PRACTICE.# By
Fridolin REISER.
Translated from the German of the Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 120 pp.
Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 4d. abroad.)
#Contents#.
#Steel -- Chemical and Physical Properties of Steel, and their Casual
Connection -- Classification of Steel according to Use -- Testing the
Quality of Steel -- Steel-Hardening -- Investigation of the Causes of
Failure in Hardening -- Regeneration of Steel Spoilt in the Furnace --
Welding Steel -- Index.#
#SIDEROLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF IRON# (The Constitution of Iron Alloys and
Slags). Translated from German of Hanns Freiherr v. JÜPTNER. 350 pp.
Demy 8vo. Eleven Plates and Ten Illustrations. Price 10s. 6d. net.
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#Contents.#
#The Theory of Solution.# -- Solutions -- Molten Alloys -- Varieties of
Solutions -- Osmotic Pressure -- Relation between Osmotic Pressure and
other Properties of Solutions -- Osmotic Pressure and Molecular Weight
of the Dissolved Substance -- Solutions of Gases -- Solid Solutions --
Solubility -- Diffusion -- Electrical Conductivity -- Constitution of
Electrolytes and Metals -- Thermal Expansion. #Micrography.# --
Microstructure -- The Micrographic Constituents of Iron -- Relation
between Micrographical Composition, Carbon-Content, and Thermal
Treatment of Iron Alloys -- The Microstructure of Slags. #Chemical
Composition of the Alloys of Iron.# -- Constituents of Iron Alloys --
Carbon -- Constituents of the Iron Alloys, Carbon -- Opinions and
Researches on Combined Carbon -- Applying the Curves of Solution
deduced from the Curves of Recalescence to the Determination of the
Chemical Composition of the Carbon present in Iron Alloys -- The
Constituents of Iron -- Iron -- The Constituents of Iron Alloys --
Manganese -- Remaining Constituents of Iron Alloys -- A Silicon --
Gases. #The Chemical Composition of Slag.# -- Silicate Slags --
Calculating the Composition of Silicate Slags -- Phosphate Slags --
Oxide Slags -- Appendix -- Index.
#EVAPORATING, CONDENSING AND COOLING APPARATUS.# Explanations, Formulæ
and Tables for Use in Practice. By E. HAUSBRAND, Engineer. Translated
by A. C. WRIGHT, M.A. (Oxon.), B.Sc. (Lond.). With Twenty-one
Illustrations and Seventy-six Tables. 400 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d.
net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 6d. abroad.)
#Contents.# (p. c27)
_Re_Coefficient of Transmission of Heat, k/, and the Mean Temperature
Difference, [Greek: theta]/m -- Parallel and Opposite Currents --
Apparatus for Heating with Direct Fire -- The Injection of Saturated
Steam -- Superheated Steam -- Evaporation by Means of Hot Liquids --
The Transference of Heat in General, and Transference by means of
Saturated Steam in Particular -- The Transference of Heat from
Saturated Steam in Pipes (Coils) and Double Bottoms -- Evaporation in
a Vacuum -- The Multiple-effect Evaporator -- Multiple-effect
Evaporators from which Extra Steam is Taken -- The Weight of Water
which must be Evaporated from 100 Kilos, of Liquor in order its
Original Percentage of Dry Materials from 1-25 per cent. up to 20-70
per cent. -- The Relative Proportion of the Heating Surfaces in the
Elements of the Multiple Evaporator and their Actual Dimensions -- The
Pressure Exerted by Currents of Steam and Gas upon Floating Drops of
Water -- The Motion of Floating Drops of Water upon which Press
Currents of Steam -- The Splashing of Evaporating Liquids -- The
Diameter of Pipes for Steam, Alcohol, Vapour and Air -- The Diameter
of Water Pipes -- The Loss of Heat, from Apparatus and Pipes to the
Surrounding Air, and Means for Preventing the Loss -- Condensers --
Heating Liquids by Means of Steam -- The Cooling of Liquids -- The
Volumes to be Exhausted from Condensers by the Air-pumps -- A Few
Remarks on Air-pumps and the Vacua they Produce -- The Volumetric
Efficiency of Air-pumps -- The Volumes of Air which must be Exhausted
from a Vessel in order to Reduce its Original Pressure to a Certain
Lower Pressure -- Index.
#SANITARY PLUMBING, METAL WORK, ETC., ETC.#
#EXTERNAL PLUMBING WORK.# A Treatise on Lead Work for Roofs. By John W.
HART, R.P.C. 180 Illustrations. 272 pp. Demy 8vo. Second Edition
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Cast Sheet Lead -- Milled Sheet Lead -- Roof Cesspools -- Socket Pipes
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Breaks -- Flats -- Flats (continued) -- Rolls on Flats -- Roll Ends --
Roll Intersections -- Seam Rolls -- Seam Rolls (continued) -- Tack
Fixings -- Step Flashings -- Step Flashings (continued) -- Secret
Gutters -- Soakers -- Hip and Valley Soakers -- Dormer Windows --
Dormer Windows (continued) -- Dormer Tops -- Internal Dormers --
Skylights -- Hips and Ridging -- Hips and Ridging (continued) --
Fixings for Hips and Ridging -- Ornamental Ridging -- Ornamental Curb
Rolls -- Curb Rolls -- Cornices -- Towers and Finials -- Towers and
Finials (continued) -- Towers and Finials (continued) -- Domes --
Domes (continued) -- Ornamental Lead Work -- Rain Water Heads -- Rain
Water Heads (continued) -- Rain Water Heads (continued).
#HINTS TO PLUMBERS ON JOINT WIPING, PIPE BENDING AND LEAD BURNING.#
Third Edition, Revised and Corrected. By John W. HART, R.P.C. 184
Illustrations. 313 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 8s.
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#Contents.#
Pipe Bending -- Pipe Bending (continued) -- Pipe Bending (continued)
-- Square Pipe Bendings-- Half-circular Elbows -- Curved Bends on
Square Pipe -- Bossed Bends -- Curved Plinth Bends -- Rain-water Shoes
on Square Pipe -- Curved and Angle Bends -- Square Pipe Fixings --
Joint-wiping -- Substitutes for Wiped Joints -- Preparing Wiped Joints
-- Joint Fixings -- Plumbing Irons -- Joint Fixings -- Use of "Touch"
in Soldering -- Underhand Joints -- Blown and Copper Bit Joints --
Branch Joints -- Branch Joints (continued) -- Block Joints -- Block
Joints (continued) -- Block Fixings -- Astragal Joints -- Pipe Fixings
-- Large Branch Joints -- Large Underhand Joints -- Solders --
Autogenous Soldering or Lead Burning -- Index.
#SANITARY PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE.# By John W. HART. Demy 8vo. With 208
Illustrations. 250 pp. 1904, Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d.
home; 8s. abroad.)
#Contents.#
Sanitary Surveys -- Drain Testing -- Drain Testing with Smoke --
Testing Drains with Water -- Drain Plugs for Testing -- Sanitary
Defects -- Closets -- Baths and Lavatories -- House Drains--Manholes
-- Iron Soil Pipes -- Lead Soil Pipes -- Ventilating Pipes --
Water-closets -- Flushing Cisterns -- Baths -- Bath Fittings --
Lavatories -- Lavatory Fittings -- Sinks -- Waste Pipes -- Water
Supply -- Ball Valves -- Town House Sanitary Arrangements -- Drainage
-- Jointing Pipes -- Accessible Drains -- Iron Drains -- Iron
Junctions -- Index.
#THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF DIPPING, BURNISHING, LACQUERING (p. c28)
AND BRONZING BRASS WARE.# By W. Norman BROWN. 35 pp. Crown 8vo. Price 2s.
net. (Post free, 2s. 3d. home and abroad.)
#A HANDBOOK ON JAPANNING AND ENAMELLING FOR CYCLES, BEDSTEADS, TINWARE,
ETC.# By William Norman BROWN. 52 pp. and Illustrations. Crown 8vo.
Price 2s. net. (Post free, 2s. 3d. home and abroad.)
#THE PRINCIPLES OF HOT WATER SUPPLY.# By John W. HART, R.P.C. With 129
Illustrations. 177 pp., demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s.
10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
#Contents.#
Water Circulation -- The Tank System -- Pipes and Joints -- The
Cylinder System -- Boilers for the Cylinder System -- The Cylinder
System -- The Combined Tank and Cylinder System -- Combined
Independent and Kitchen Boiler -- Combined Cylinder and Tank System
with Duplicate Boilers -- Indirect Heating and Boiler Explosions --
Pipe Boilers -- Safety Valves -- Safety Valves -- The American System
-- Heating Water by Steam -- Steam Kettles and Jets -- Heating Power
of Steam -- Covering for Hot Water Pipes -- Index.
#HOUSE DECORATING AND PAINTING.#
#THREE HUNDRED SHADES FOR DECORATORS AND HOW TO MIX THEM.# By A.
DESAINT. Quarto. The book will consist of a wide range of shades and
tints suitable for decorators carefully numbered and mounted for easy
reference, with full particulars as to the composition of each shade.
[_In the press_.]
#HOUSE DECORATING AND PAINTING.# By W. Norman BROWN. Eighty-eight
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#A HISTORY OF DECORATIVE ART.# By W. Norman BROWN. Thirty-nine
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#WORKSHOP WRINKLES# for Decorators, Painters, Paper-hangers and Others.
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#BREWING AND BOTANICAL.#
#HOPS IN THEIR BOTANICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ASPECT, AND AS AN
ARTICLE OF COMMERCE.# By Emmanuel GROSS, Professor at the Higher
Agricultural College, Tetschen-Liebwerd. Translated from the German.
Seventy-eight Illustrations. 340 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 12s. 6d. net.
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#Contents.#
HISTORY OF THE HOP -- THE HOP PLANT -- Introductory -- The Roots --
The Stem -- and Leaves -- Inflorescence and Flower: Inflorescence and
Flower of the Male Hop; Inflorescence and Flower of the Female Hop --
The Fruit and its Glandular Structure: The Fruit and Seed -- (p. c29)
Propagation and Selection of the Hop -- Varieties of the Hop: (_a_)
Red Hops; (_b_) Green Hops; (_c_) Pale Green Hops -- Classification
according to the Period of Ripening: Early August Hops; Medium Early
Hops; Late Hops -- Injuries to Growth -- Leaves Turning Yellow, Summer
or Sunbrand, Cones Dropping Off, Honey Dew, Damage from Wind, Hail and
Rain; Vegetable Enemies of the Hop: Animal Enemies of the Hop --
Beneficial Insects on Hops -- CULTIVATION -- The Requirements of the
Hop in Respect of Climate, Soil and Situation: Climate; Soil;
Situation -- Selection of Variety and Cuttings -- Planting a Hop
Garden: Drainage; Preparing the Ground; Marking-out for Planting;
Planting; Cultivation and Cropping of the Hop Garden in the First Year
-- Work to be Performed Annually in the Hop Garden: Working the
Ground; Cutting; The Non-cutting System; The Proper Performance of the
Operation of Cutting: Method of Cutting: Close Cutting, Ordinary
Cutting, The Long Cut, The Topping Cut; Proper Season for Cutting:
Autumn Cutting, Spring Cutting; Manuring; Training the Hop Plant:
Poled Gardens, Frame Training; Principal Types of Frames; Pruning,
Cropping, Topping, and Leaf Stripping the Hop Plant; Picking, Drying
and Bagging -- Principal and Subsidiary Utilisation of Hops and Hop
Gardens -- Life of a Hop Garden; Subsequent Cropping -- Cost of
Production, Yield and Selling Prices.
#Preservation and Storage# -- Physical and Chemical Structure of the Hop
Cone -- Judging the Value of Hops.
#Statistics of Production# -- The Hop Trade -- Index.
#TIMBER AND WOOD WASTE.#
#TIMBER#: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in all its Aspects (Commercial
and Botanical), showing the Different Applications and Uses of Timber
in Various Trades, etc. Translated from the French of Paul
CHARPENTIER. Royal 8vo. 437 pp. 178 Illustrations. Price 12s. 6d. net.
(Post free, 13s. home; 14s. abroad.)
#Contents.#
#Physical and Chemical Properties of Timber# -- Composition of the
Vegetable Bodies -- Chief Elements -- M. Fremy's Researches --
Elementary Organs of Plants and especially of Forests -- Different
Parts of Wood Anatomically and Chemically Considered -- General
Properties of Wood -- #Description of the Different Kinds of Wood# --
Principal Essences with Caducous Leaves -- Coniferous Resinous Trees
-- #Division of the Useful Varieties of Timber in the Different
Countries of the Globe# -- European Timber -- African Timber -- Asiatic
Timber -- American Timber -- Timber of Oceania -- #Forests# -- General
Notes as to Forests; their Influence -- Opinions as to Sylviculture --
Improvement of Forests -- Unwooding and Rewooding -- Preservation of
Forests -- Exploitation of Forests -- Damage caused to Forests --
Different Alterations -- #The Preservation of Timber# -- Generalities --
Causes and Progress of Deterioration -- History of Different Proposed
Processes -- Dessication -- Superficial Carbonisation of Timber --
Processes by Immersion -- Generalities as to Antiseptics Employed --
Injection Processes in Closed Vessels -- The Boucherie System, Based
upon the Displacement of the Sap -- Processes for Making Timber
Uninflammable -- #Applications of Timber# -- Generalities -- Working
Timber -- Paving -- Timber for Mines -- Railway Traverses -- Accessory
Products -- Gums -- Works of M. Fremy -- Resins -- Barks -- Tan --
Application of Cork -- The Application of Wood to Art and Dyeing --
Different Applications of Wood -- Hard Wood -- Distillation of Wood --
Pyroligneous Acid -- Oil of Wood -- Distillation of Resins -- Index.
#THE UTILISATION OF WOOD WASTE.# Translated from the German of Ernst
HUBBARD. Crown 8vo. 192 pp. Fifty Illustrations. Price 5s. net. (Post
free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)
#Contents.#
General Remarks on the Utilisation of Sawdust -- Employment of Sawdust
as Fuel, with and without Simultaneous Recovery of Charcoal and the
Products of Distillation -- Manufacture of Oxalic Acid from Sawdust --
Process with Soda Lye; Thorn's Process; Bohlig's Process --
Manufacture of Spirit (Ethyl Alcohol) from Wood Waste -- Patent Dyes
(Organic Sulphides, Sulphur Dyes, or Mercapto Dyes) -- Artificial Wood
and Plastic Compositions from Sawdust -- Production of Artificial Wood
Compositions for Moulded Decorations -- Employment of Sawdust for
Blasting Powders and Gunpowders -- Employment of Sawdust for
Briquettes -- Employment of Sawdust in the Ceramic Industry and as an
Addition to Mortar -- Manufacture of Paper Pulp from Wood -- Casks --
Various Applications of Sawdust and Wood Refuse -- Calcium Carbide --
Manure -- Wood Mosaic Plaques -- Bottle Stoppers -- Parquetry --
Fire-lighters -- Carborundum -- The Production of Wood Wool -- Bark --
Index.
#BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE.# (p. c30)
#THE PREVENTION OF DAMPNESS IN BUILDINGS#; with Remarks on the Causes,
Nature and Effects of Saline, Efflorescences and Dry-rot, for
Architects, Builders, Overseers, Plasterers Painters and House Owners.
By Adolf Wilhelm KEIM. Translated from the German of the second
revised Edition by M. J. SALTER, F.I.C. F.C.S. Eight Coloured Plates
and Thirteen Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 115 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post
free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 4d. abroad.)
#Contents.#
The Various Causes of Dampness and Decay of the Masonry of Buildings,
and the Structural and Hygienic Evils of the Same -- Precautionary
Measures during Building against Dampness and Efflorescence -- Methods
of Remedying Dampness and Efflorescences in the Walls of Old Buildings
-- The Artificial Drying of New Houses, as well as Old Damp Dwellings
and the Theory of the Hardening of Mortar -- New, Certain and
Permanently Efficient Methods for Drying Old Damp Walls and Dwellings
-- The Cause and Origin of Dry-rot: its Injurious Effect on Health,
its Destructive Action on Buildings, and its Successful Repression --
Methods of Preventing Dry-rot to be Adopted During Construction -- Old
Methods of Preventing Dry-rot -- Recent and More Efficient Remedies
for Dry-rot -- Index.
#HANDBOOK OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING, AND
THEIR ALLIED TRADES AND SUBJECTS.# By Augustine C. PASSMORE. Demy 8vo.
380 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 8s. home; 8s. 6d, abroad.)
#FOODS AND SWEETMEATS.#
#THE MANUFACTURE OF PRESERVED FOODS AND SWEETMEATS.# By A. HAUSNER. With
Twenty-eight Illustrations. Translated from the German of the third
enlarged Edition. Crown 8vo. 225 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free,
7s. 9d. home; 7s. 10d. abroad.)
#Contents.#
#The Manufacture of Conserves# -- Introduction -- The Causes of the
Putrefaction of Food -- The Chemical Composition of Foods -- The
Products of Decomposition -- The Causes of Fermentation and
Putrefaction -- Preservative Bodies -- The Various Methods of
Preserving Food -- The Preservation of Animal Food -- Preserving Meat
by Means of Ice -- The Preservation of Meat by Charcoal --
Preservation of Meat by Drying -- The Preservation of Meat by the
Exclusion of Air -- The Appert Method -- Preserving Flesh by Smoking
-- Quick Smoking -- Preserving Meat with Salt -- Quick Salting by Air
Pressure -- Quick Salting by Liquid Pressure -- Gamgee's Method of
Preserving Meat -- The Preservation of Eggs -- Preservation of White
and Yolk of Egg -- Milk Preservation -- Condensed Milk -- The
Preservation of Fat -- Manufacture of Soup Tablets -- Meat Biscuits --
Extract of Beef -- The Preservation of Vegetable Foods in General --
Compressing Vegetables -- Preservation of Vegetables by Appert's
Method -- The Preservation of Fruit -- Preservation of Fruit by
Storage -- The Preservation of Fruit by Drying -- Drying Fruit by
Artificial Heat -- Roasting Fruit -- The Preservation of Fruit with
Sugar -- Boiled Preserved Fruit -- The Preservation of Fruit in
Spirit, Acetic Acid or Glycerine -- Preservation of Fruit without
Boiling -- Jam Manufacture -- The Manufacture of Fruit Jellies -- The
Making of Gelatine Jellies -- The Manufacture of "Sulzen" -- The
Preservation of Fermented Beverages -- #The Manufacture of Candies# --
Introduction -- The Manufacture of Candied Fruit -- The Manufacture of
Boiled Sugar and Caramel -- The Candying of Fruit -- Caramelised Fruit
-- The Manufacture of Sugar Sticks, or Barley Sugar -- Bonbon Making
-- Fruit Drops -- The Manufacture of Dragées -- The Machinery and
Appliances used in Candy Manufacture -- Dyeing Candies and Bonbons --
Essential Oils used in Candy Making -- Fruit Essences -- The
Manufacture of Filled Bonbons, Liqueur Bonbons and Stamped Lozenges --
Recipes for Jams and Jellies -- Recipes for Bonbon Making -- Dragées
-- Appendix -- Index.
#DYEING FANCY GOODS.# (p. c31)
#THE ART OF DYEING AND STAINING MARBLE, ARTIFICIAL STONE, BONE, HORN,
IVORY AND WOOD, AND OF IMITATING ALL SORTS OF WOOD#. A Practical
Handbook for the Use of Joiners, Turners, Manufacturers of Fancy
Goods, Stick and Umbrella Makers, Comb Makers, etc. Translated from
the German of D. H. SOXHLET, Technical Chemist. Crown 8vo. 168 pp.
Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 4d. abroad.)
#Contents.#
Mordants and Stains -- Natural Dyes -- Artificial Pigments -- Coal Tar
Dyes -- Staining Marble and Artificial Stone -- Dyeing, Bleaching and
Imitation of Bone, Horn and Ivory -- Imitation of Tortoiseshell for
Combs: Yellows, Dyeing Nuts -- Ivory -- Wood Dyeing -- Imitation of
Mahogany: Dark Walnut, Oak, Birch-Bark, Elder-Marquetry, Walnut,
Walnut-Marquetry, Mahogany, Spanish Mahogany, Palisander and Rose
Wood, Tortoiseshell, Oak, Ebony, Pear Tree -- Black Dyeing Processes
with Penetrating Colours -- Varnishes and Polishes: English Furniture
Polish, Vienna Furniture Polish, Amber Varnish, Copal Varnish,
Composition for Preserving Furniture -- Index.
#CELLULOID.#
#CELLULOID#. The Raw Material, Manufacture and Uses. By Dr. Fr.
BÖCKMANN. 49 Illus. Crown 8vo. [_In the Press_.]
#LITHOGRAPHY, PRINTING AND ENGRAVING.#
#PRACTICAL LITHOGRAPHY.# By Alfred SEYMOUR. Demy 8vo. With Frontispiece
and 33 Illus. 120 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d.
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#Contents.#
Stones -- Transfer Inks -- Transfer Papers -- Transfer Printing --
Litho Press -- Press Work -- Machine Printing -- Colour Printing --
Substitutes for Lithographic Stones -- Tin Plate Printing and
Decoration -- Photo-Lithography.
#PRINTERS' AND STATIONERS' READY RECKONER AND COMPENDIUM.# Compiled by
Victor GRAHAM. Crown 8vo. 112 pp. 1904. Price 3s. 6d. net. (Post free,
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#Contents.#
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Sheets at various Sizes and Prices per Ream -- Cost of Cards --
Quantity Table -- Sizes and Weights of Paper, Cards, etc. -- Notes on
Account Books -- Discount Tables -- Sizes of spaces -- Leads to a lb.
-- Dictionary -- Measure for Bookwork -- Correcting Proofs, etc.
#ENGRAVING FOR ILLUSTRATION. HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL NOTES.# By J.
KIRKBRIDE. 72 pp. Two Plates and 6 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Price 2s.
6d. net. (Post free, 2s. 9d. home; 2s. 10d. abroad.)
#Contents.#
Its Inception -- Wood Engraving -- Metal Engraving -- Engraving in
England -- Etching -- Mezzotint -- Photo-Process Engraving -- The
Engraver's Task -- Appreciative Criticism -- Index.
#BOOKBINDING.#
#PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING.# By Paul ADAM. Translated from the German. Crown
8vo. 180 pp. 127 Illustrations. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d.
home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)
#Contents.#
Materials for Sewing and Pasting -- Materials for Covering the Book --
Materials for Decorating and Finishing -- Tools -- General Preparatory
Work -- Sewing -- Forwarding, Cutting, Rounding and Backing (p. c32)
-- Forwarding, Decoration of Edges and Headbanding -- Boarding --
Preparing the Cover -- Work with the Blocking Press -- Treatment of
Sewn Books, Fastening in Covers, and Finishing Off -- Handtooling and
Other Decoration -- Account Books -- School Books, Mounting Maps,
Drawings, etc. -- Index.
#SUGAR REFINING.#
#THE TECHNOLOGY OF SUGAR#: Practical Treatise on the Modern Methods of
Manufacture of Sugar from the Sugar Cane and Sugar Beet. By John
GEDDES McINTOSH. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Demy 8vo. Fully
Illustrated. 436 pp. Seventy-six Tables. 1906. Price 10s. 6d. net.
(Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 6d. abroad.)
#Contents.#
Chemistry of Sucrose, Lactose, Maltose, Glucose, Invert Sugar, etc. --
Purchase and Analysis of Beets -- Treatment of Beets -- Diffusion --
Filtration -- Concentration -- Evaporation -- #Sugar Cane#: Cultivation
-- Milling -- Diffusion -- Sugar Refining -- Analysis of Raw Sugars --
Chemistry of Molasses, etc.
(_See "Evaporating, Condensing, etc., Apparatus,"
p. 26._)
#BIBLIOGRAPHY.#
#CLASSIFIED GUIDE TO TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL BOOKS.# Compiled by Edgar
GREENWOOD. Demy 8vo. 224 pp. 1904. Being a Subject-list of the
Principal British and American Books in print; giving Title, Author,
Size, Date, Publisher and Price. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s.
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#Technical Books# upon #all Subjects# can be obtained through SCOTT,
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SCOTT, GREENWOOD & SON,
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Telegraphic address, "Printeries, London".
[_April_, 1907.]
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Transcriber's note:
A less obvious printer's error has been corrected on page 16.
chlorestine to cholesterine.
The following words could not be checked:
Caseogum (page c04),
Crysophis (page c16),
Dufton (page c22),
Bracquing (page c24).