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. By H. C. STANDAGE. 165 pp. 1900. Price 7s.
6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.;
strictly net.
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.
Books on Pottery, Bricks, Tiles, Glass, etc.
=THE MANUAL OF PRACTICAL POTTING.= Compiled by Experts, and
Edited by CHAS. F. BINNS. Revised Third Edition and
Enlarged. 200 pp. 1901. Price 17s. 6d.; India and Colonies,
18s. 6d.; Other Countries, 20s.; strictly net.
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 the World,
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 by CHARLES F.
BINNS. 100 pp. Demy 8vo. 1897. Price 12s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 13s. 6d.; Other Countries, 15s.; strictly net.
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.
=COLOURING AND DECORATION OF CERAMIC WARE.= By ALEX.
BRONGNIART. With Notes and Additions by ALPHONSE SALVETAT.
Translated from the French. 200 pp. 1898. Price 7s. 6d.;
India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly
net.
=A TREATISE ON THE CERAMIC INDUSTRIES.= A Complete Manual for
Pottery, Tile and Brick Works. By EMILE BOURRY. Translated
from the French by WILTON 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. 1901. Over 700 pp. Price 21s.; India and
Colonies, 22s.; Other Countries, 23s. 6d.; strictly net.
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.=
=ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY.= Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, Enamelled
Terra-cottas, Ordinary and Incrusted Quarries, Stoneware
Mosaics, Faïences and Architectural Stoneware. By LEON
LEFÊVRE. With Five Plates. 950 Illustrations in the Text,
and numerous estimates. 500 pp., royal 8vo. 1900. Translated
from the French by K. H. BIRD, M.A., and W. MOORE BINNS.
Price 15s.; India and Colonies, 16s.; Other Countries, 17s.
6d.; strictly net.
Contents.
Part I. =Plain Undecorated Pottery.=--=Clays=: Classification; General
Properties and Composition; Working of Clay-Pits--Open Pits--Underground
Pits. Preparation of the Clay. =Bricks=: Hand and Machine Moulding--
Expression Machines--Dies--Cutting-tables--General Remarks on the Choice
of Machines--Types of Installations--Estimates--Plenishing, Hand and
Steam Presses--Drying, by Exposure to Air, Without Shelter, and Under
Sheds--Drying-rooms in Tiers, Closed Drying-rooms, in Tunnels, in
Galleries--Detailed Estimates of the Various Drying-rooms, Comparison
of Prices--Transport from the Machines to the Drying-rooms--Firing--In
Clamps--In Intermittent Kilns--Continuous Kilns: with Solid Fuel: Round
Kiln, Rectangular Kiln, Chimneys (Plans and Estimates)--With Gas Fuel,
Fillard Kiln (Plans and Estimates), Water-gas Kiln--Heat Production of
the Kilns; Dimensions, Shapes, Colours, Decoration, and Quality of
Bricks--Hollow Bricks, Dimensions and Prices of Bricks, Various Shapes,
Qualities--Use of Bricks--Walls, Arches, Pavements, Flues, Cornices--
Facing with Coloured Bricks--Balustrades. =Tiles=: Manufacture--
Moulding, by Hand, by Machinery: Preparation of the Clay--Preparation
of the Slabs, Transformation into Flat Tiles, into Jointed Tiles--Screw,
Cam and Revolver Presses--Particulars of Tile-presses--Drying--
Planchettes, Shelves, Drying-barrows and Trucks--Firing--Divided
Kilns--Installation of Mechanical Tileworks--Estimates; Shapes,
Dimensions and Uses of the Principal Types of Tile--Ancient Tiles--
Foreign Tiles--Special Tiles--Ridge Tiles, Coping Tiles, Border Tiles,
Frontons, Gutters, Antefixes, Membron, Angular--Roofing Accessories:
Chimney-pots, Mitrons, Lanterns, Chimneys--Qualities of Tiles--Black
Tiles--Stoneware Tiles--Particulars of Tiles. =Pipes=: Conduit Pipes--
Manufacture--Moulding: Horizontal Machines, Vertical Machines--Drying
--Firing--=Chimney Flues=--Ventiducts and "Boisseaux," "Waggons"--
Particulars of these Products. Quarries: Plain Quarries of Ordinary
Clay; of Cleaned Clay--Machines, Cutting, Mixing, Polishing--Drying
and Firing--Applications--Particulars of Quarries. =Terra-cotta=:
History--Manufacture--Application: Balustrades, Columns, Pilasters,
Capitals, Friezes, Frontons, Medallions, Panels, Rose-windows,
Ceilings--Appendix: Official Methods of Testing Terra-cottas.
Part II. =Made-up or Decorated Pottery.=--General Remarks on the
Decoration of Pottery: Dips--Glazes: Composition, Colouring,
Preparation, Harmony with Pastes--Special Processes of Decoration--
Enamels, Opaque, Transparent, Colours, Underglaze, Over-glaze--Other
Processes: Crackling, Mottled, Flashing, Metallic Iridescence, Lustres.
Glazed and Enamelled Bricks--History: Glazing--Enamelling--Applications:
Ordinary Enamelled Bricks, Glazed Stoneware, Enamelled Stoneware--
Enamelled Tiles. Decorated Quarries: Paving Quarries--Decorated with
Dips--Stoneware: Applications--Plain or Incrusted Stoneware; Manufacture
--Application--Colouring, Manufacture, Moulding, Drying, Firing--
Applications--Facing Quarries--in Faïence--of Glazed Stoneware--of
Porcelain--Applications of Facing Quarries--Stove Quarries--Preparation
of the Pastes, Moulding, Firing, Enamelling, Decoration--Applications--
Faïences for Fireplaces. Architectural Decorated Pottery: Faïences;
Stoneware; Porcelain. Sanitary Pottery: Stoneware Pipes: Manufacture,
Firing--Applications--Sinks--Applications--Urinals, Seats and
Pans--Applications--Drinking-fountains, Washstands--Index.
=THE ART OF RIVETING GLASS, CHINA AND EARTHENWARE.= By J.
HOWARTH. Second Edition. 1900. Paper Cover. Price 1s. net;
by post, home or abroad, 1s. 1d.
=HOW TO ANALYSE CLAY.= Practical Methods for Practical Men. By
HOLDEN M. ASHBY, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Harvey
Medical College, U.S.A. Twenty Illustrations. 1898. Price
2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.
=NOTES ON POTTERY CLAYS.= Their Distribution, Properties, Uses
and Analyses of Ball Clays, China Clays and China Stone. By
JAS. FAIRIE, F.G.S. 1901. 132 pp. Crown 8vo. Price 3s. 6d.;
India and Colonies, 4s.; Other Countries, 4s. 6d.; strictly
net.
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. By SIMEON SHAW. (Originally Published in 1829.) 265
pp. 1900. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.;
Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
Contents.
=Introductory Chapter= showing 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 Porcelain= by Messrs. Elers, of Bradwell, 1690--=Progress of the
Manufacture= from 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.= By SIMEON SHAW. (Originally published in
1837.) 750 pp. 1900. Royal 8vo. Price 14s.; India and
Colonies, 15s.; Other Countries, 16s. 6d.; strictly net.
Contents.
PART I., ANALYSIS AND MATERIALS.--=Introduction=: Laboratory and
Apparatus; =Elements=--=Temperature=--=Acids and Alkalies=--=The
Earths=--=Metals=.
PART II., SYNTHESIS AND COMPOUNDS.--=Science of Mixing=--=Bodies=:
Porcelain--Hard, Porcelain--Fritted Bodies, Porcelain--Raw Bodies,
Porcelain--Soft, Fritted Bodies, Raw Bodies, Stone Bodies, Ironstone,
Dry Bodies, Chemical Utensils, Fritted Jasper, Fritted Pearl, Fritted
Drab, Raw Chemical Utensils, Raw Stone, Raw Jasper, Raw Pearl, Raw
Mortar, Raw Drab, Raw Brown, Raw Fawn, Raw Cane, Raw Red Porous, Raw
Egyptian, Earthenware, Queen's Ware, Cream Colour, Blue and Fancy
Printed, Dipped and Mocha, Chalky, Rings, Stilts, etc.--=Glazes=:
Porcelain--Hard Fritted Porcelain--Soft Fritted Porcelain--Soft Raw,
Cream Colour Porcelain, Blue Printed Porcelain, Fritted Glazes,
Analysis of Fritt, Analysis of Glaze, Coloured Glazes, Dips, Smears and
Washes; =Glasses=: Flint Glass, Coloured Glasses, Artificial Garnet,
Artificial Emerald, Artificial Amethyst, Artificial Sapphire,
Artificial Opal, Plate Glass, Crown Glass, Broad Glass, Bottle Glass,
Phosphoric Glass, British Steel Glass, Glass-Staining and Painting,
Engraving on Glass, Dr. Faraday's Experiments--=Colours=: Colour Making,
Fluxes or Solvents, Components of the Colours; =Reds, etc., from Gold=,
Carmine or Rose Colour, Purple, Reds, etc., from Iron, Blues, Yellows,
Greens, Blacks, White, Silver for Burnishing, Gold for Burnishing,
Printer's Oil, Lustres.
TABLES OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES.
Glassware, Glass Staining and Painting.
=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.
Price for United Kingdom, 10s. 6d.; Abroad, 15s.; United
States, $4; strictly net.
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.
=A TREATISE ON THE ART OF GLASS PAINTING.= Prefaced with a
Review of Ancient Glass. By ERNEST R. SUFFLING. With One
Coloured Plate and Thirty-seven Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 140
pp. 1902. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other
Countries, 8s. 6d. net.
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. By FELIX HERMANN, Technical Chemist. With
Eighteen Illustrations. 300 pp. Translated from the German
second and enlarged Edition. 1897. Price 10s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.
Contents.
History of Glass Painting--The Articles to be Painted: Glass,
Porcelain, Enamel, Stoneware, Faïence--Pigments: Metallic Pigments:
Antimony Oxide, Naples Yellow, Barium Chromate, Lead Chromate, Silver
Chloride, Chromic Oxide--Fluxes: Fluxes, Felspar, Quartz, Purifying
Quartz, Sedimentation, Quenching, Borax, Boracic Acid, Potassium and
Sodium Carbonates, Rocaille Flux--Preparation of the Colours for Glass
Painting--The Colour Pastes--The Coloured Glasses--Composition of the
Porcelain Colours--The Enamel Colours: Enamels for Artistic Work--
Metallic Ornamentation: Porcelain Gilding, Glass Gilding--Firing
the Colours: Remarks on Firing: Firing Colours on Glass, Firing Colours
on Porcelain: The Muffle--Accidents occasionally Supervening during the
Process of Firing--Remarks on the Different Methods of Painting on
Glass, Porcelain, etc.--Appendix: Cleaning Old Glass Paintings.
Paper Staining.
=THE DYEING OF PAPER PULP.= A Practical Treatise for the use
of Papermakers, Paperstainers, Students and others. By
Julius Erfurt, Manager of a Paper Mill. Translated into
English and Edited with Additions by JULIUS HÜBNER, F.C.S.,
Lecturer on Papermaking at the Manchester Municipal
Technical School. With Illustrations and =157 patterns of
paper dyed in the pulp=. Royal 8vo, 180 pp. 1901. Price 15s.;
India and Colonies. 16s.; Other Countries, 20s.; strictly
net. Limited edition.
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.
Enamelling on Metal.
=ENAMELS AND ENAMELLING.= For Enamel Makers, Workers in Gold
and Silver, and Manufacturers of Objects of Art. By PAUL
RANDAU. Translated from the German. With Sixteen
Illustrations. 180 pp. 1900. Price 10s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.
Contents.
Composition and Properties of Glass--Raw Materials for the Manufacture
of Enamels--Substances Added to Produce Opacity--Fluxes--Pigments--
Decolorising Agents--Testing the Raw Materials with the Blow-pipe
Flame--Subsidiary Materials--Preparing the Materials for Enamel
Making--Mixing the Materials--The Preparation of Technical Enamels,
The Enamel Mass--Appliances for Smelting the Enamel Mass--Smelting the
Charge--Composition of Enamel Masses--Composition of Masses for Ground
Enamels--Composition of Cover Enamels--Preparing the Articles for
Enamelling--Applying the Enamel--Firing the Ground Enamel--Applying
and Firing the Cover Enamel or Glaze--Repairing Defects in Enamelled
Ware--Enamelling Articles of Sheet Metal--Decorating Enamelled Ware--
Specialities in Enamelling--Dial-plate Enamelling--Enamels for Artistic
Purposes, Recipes for Enamels of Various Colours--Index.
=THE ART OF ENAMELLING ON METAL.= By W. NORMAN BROWN.
Twenty-eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 60 pp. 1900. Price
2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.
Silk Manufacture.
=SILK THROWING AND WASTE SILK SPINNING.= By HOLLINS RAYNER.
Demy 8vo. 130 Illustrations.
[_In the press._
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.
Books on Textile and Dyeing Subjects.
=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 by CHARLES SALTER. 320 pp. Forty-seven
Illustrations. Royal 8vo. 1902. Price 10s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s. net.
Contents.
=The Textile Fibres=--Artificial Fibres--Mineral Fibres--Vegetable
Fibres--Cellulose--Cotton--Bombax Cotton--Vegetable Silk--Flax--Hemp
--Jute--Ramie, Rhea, China Grass, Nettle Fibre--Distinguishing Tests
for the Various Fibres--Animal Fibres: Silk--Animal Hairs--Sheep's
Wool--Goat Wool and Camel Wool--Artificial Wool (Wool Substitutes)--
Conditioning--=Washing, Bleaching, Carbonising=--Bleaching Agents--
Cotton Bleaching--Linen Bleaching--Jute Bleaching--Hemp Bleaching--
Ramie Bleaching--Scouring and Bleaching Silk--Washing and Bleaching
Wool--Blueing or White Dyeing--Carbonising--=Mordants and Mordanting=
--=Dyeing=--Combination of Colours: Dyeing to Pattern--Theory of Dyeing
--Classification of Dye Stuffs: Methods of Dyeing--Application of Acid
Dye Stuffs--Application of Basic Dye Stuffs--Application of Direct or
Substantive Cotton Dyes--Application of the Mordant Dyes--Application
of the Developing Dyes--Dyeing on a Manufacturing Scale: Selection of
Dye Stuffs for Dyeing--Silk Dyeing--Wool Dyeing--Cotton Dyeing--Dyeing
Mixed Fabrics--Sample Dyeings, Colorimetric Determinations, Reactions
of Dye Stuffs on the Fibre, Tests for Fastness--=Printing=--Hand
Printing--Calico Printing: Reproduction of Pattern by Direct Printing:
Thickening Agents--Employment of Mordant Dye Stuffs, Basic, Albumin,
Direct, Developing, Vat, Acid--Treatment of the Goods when Printed--
Combined Printing and Dyeing--Discharge Style Printing--Reserve Style
Printing--Topping Printing--Wool Printing--Silk Printing--Printing
Yarns, Warps, and Combed Sliver--=Dressing and Finishing=--Dressing
and Finishing--Substances used in Finishing--Loading Ingredients--
Colouring for the Dressing Preparations--Metals or their Sulphites--
Waterproofing--Fireproofing--Antiseptics for Prevention of Mould--
Application of Dressings--Drying--Stretching--Finishing: Shearing,
Damping, Calendering, Beetling, Moiré or Watered Effects, Stamping--
Finishing Woollens--Index.
=POWER-LOOM WEAVING AND YARN NUMBERING=, According to Various
Systems, with Conversion Tables. Translated from the German
of ANTHON GRUNER. =With Twenty-six Diagrams in Colours.= 150
pp. 1900. Crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.;
Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
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.) By JULIUS ZIPSER. Translated from German
by CHARLES SALTER. 302 Illustrations. 500 pp. Demy 8vo.
1901. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other
Countries, 12s.; strictly net.
Contents.
PART I.--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.
=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. 1902. Price 10s. 6d.; India
and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.
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. 1898. Demy 8vo. 132 Designs and
Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other
Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
Contents.
A Few Hints on Designing Ornamental Textile Fabrics--A Few Hints on
Designing Ornamental Textile Fabrics (continued)--A Few Hints on
Designing Ornamental Textile Fabrics (continued)--A Few Hints on
Designing Ornamental Textile Fabrics (continued)--Hints for Ruled-paper
Draughtsmen--The Jacquard Machine--Brussels and Wilton Carpets--
Tapestry Carpets--Ingrain Carpets--Axminster Carpets--Damask and
Tapestry Fabrics--Scarf Silks and Ribbons--Silk Handkerchiefs--Dress
Fabrics--Mantle Cloths--Figured Plush--Bed Quilts--Calico Printing.
=THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DAMASK WEAVING.= By H. KINZER and K.
WALTER. Royal 8vo. Eighteen Plates. Six Illustrations.
Translated from the German.
[_In the press._
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.= By NICOLAS REISER. Translated from the Second
German Edition. Crown 8vo. Sixty-three Illustrations.
[_In the press._
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.
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. 1900. Price 7s.
6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.;
strictly net.
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 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. 1900. Price 7s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
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.
=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. 1901. Price 7s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
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. 1900. Price 7s. 6d.; India
and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
Contents.
=Colour and Its Production.= Light, Colour, Dispersion of White Light,
Methods of Producing the Spectrum, Glass Prism and Diffraction Grating
Spectroscopes, The Spectrum, Wave Motion of Light, Recomposition of
White Light, Hue, Luminosity, Purity of Colours, The Polariscope,
Phosphorescence, Fluorescence, Interference--=Cause of Colour in
Coloured Bodies.= Transmitted Colours, Absorption Spectra of Colouring
Matters--=Colour Phenomena and Theories.= Mixing Colours, White
Light from Coloured Lights, Effect of Coloured Light on Colours,
Complementary Colours, Young Helmholtz Theory, Brewster Theory,
Supplementary Colours, Maxwell's Theory, Colour Photography--=The
Physiology of Light.= Structure of the Eye, Persistence of Vision,
Subjective Colour Phenomena, Colour Blindness--=Contrast.= Contrast,
Simultaneous Contrast, Successive Contrast, Contrast of Tone, Contrast
of Colours, Modification of Colours by Contrast, Colour Contrast in
Decorative Design--=Colour in Decoration and Design.= Colour Harmonies,
Colour Equivalents, Illumination and Colour, Colour and Textile
Fabrics, Surface Structure and Colour--=Measurement of Colour.= Colour
Patch Method, The Tintometer, Chromometer.
=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. 1901. Price 7s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
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. 1902. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other
Countries, 8s. 6d. net.
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.
=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. 1901. Price 5s.; India and Colonies, 5s.
6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; strictly net.
Contents.
_Indicators_--_Standard Solutions_--_Solutions and Reagents in General
Use_--_Water_--_Textile Fibres_--_Hydrochloric Acid_--_Chlorides_--
_Fluorides and Bifluorides_--_Sulphuric Acid_--_Sulphates_--_Nitric
Acid and Nitrates_--_Chlorine-Oxygen Compounds_--_Sulphite Compounds_
--_Miscellaneous Compounds_--_Alkalies_--_Peroxides_--_Zinc Dust_--
_Fatty Acids and Their Salts_--_Cyanogen Compounds_--_Derivatives of
the Fats_--_Tannins_--_Aniline and Aniline Salts_--_Thickening and
Stiffening Materials_: Starch, Prepared and Soluble Starch, Dextrine,
Gum Arabic, Gum Senegal, Gum Tragacanth, Glue, Size--_Dyes_--Appendix:
Atomic Weights of the Elements--Molecular Weights of Certain
Compounds--Gravimetric Equivalents--Volumetric Equivalents--Plate I.,
Microscopic Appearance of the Textile Fibres--Plate II., Microscopic
Appearance of the Different Varieties of Starch--Index.
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. 1901. Price 5s.; India and Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other
Countries, 6s.; strictly net.
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.
Translated from the Second German Edition. 412 pp. Demy 8vo.
1903. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other
Countries, 12s.; strictly net.
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.
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 Illusts. 1901. Price 12s.
6d.; India and Colonies, 13s. 6d.; Other Countries, 15s.;
strictly net.
Contents.
General Considerations on Bleaching--Steeping--Washing: Its End and
Importance--Roller Washing Machines--Wash Wheel (Dash Wheel)--Stocks or
Wash Mill--Squeezing--Lye Boiling--Lye Boiling with Milk of Lime--Lye
Boiling with Soda Lyes--Description of Lye Boiling Keirs--Operations of
Lye Boiling--Concentration of Lyes--Mather and Platt's Keir--Description
of the Keir--Saturation of the Fabrics--Alkali used in Lye Boiling--
Examples of Processes--Soap--Action of Soap in Bleaching--Quality and
Quantity of Soaps to use in the Lye--Soap Lyes or Scalds--Soap Scouring
Stocks--Bleaching on Grass or on the Bleaching Green or Lawn--
Chemicking--Remarks on Chlorides and their Decolourising Action--
Chemicking Cisterns--Chemicking--Strengths, etc.--Sours--Properties of
the Acids--Effects Produced by Acids--Souring Cisterns--Drying--Drying
by Steam--Drying by Hot Air--Drying by Air--Damages to Fabrics in
Bleaching--Yarn Mildew--Fermentation--Iron Rust Spots--Spots from
Contact with Wood--Spots incurred on the Bleaching Green--Damages
arising from the Machines--Examples of Methods used in Bleaching--
Linen--Cotton--The Valuation of Caustic and Carbonated Alkali (Soda)
and General Information Regarding these Bodies--Object of Alkalimetry
--Titration of Carbonate of Soda--Comparative Table of Different
Degrees of Alkalimetrical Strength--Five Problems relative to Carbonate
of Soda--Caustic Soda, its Properties and Uses--Mixtures of Carbonated
and Caustic Alkali--Note on a Process of Manufacturing Caustic Soda
and Mixtures of Caustic and Carbonated Alkali (Soda)--Chlorometry--
Titration--Wagner's Chlorometric Method--Preparation of Standard
Solutions--Apparatus for Chlorine Valuation--Alkali in Excess in
Decolourising Chlorides--Chlorine and Decolourising Chlorides--
Synopsis--Chlorine--Chloride of Lime--Hypochlorite of Soda--Brochoki's
Chlorozone--Various Decolourising Hypochlorites--Comparison of Chloride
of Lime and Hypochlorite of Soda--Water--Qualities of Water--Hardness
--Dervaux's Purifier--Testing the Purified Water--Different Plant for
Purification--Filters--Bleaching of Yarn--Weight of Yarn--Lye Boiling
--Chemicking--Washing--Bleaching of Cotton Yarn--The Installation of
a Bleach Works--Water Supply--Steam Boilers--Steam Distribution
Pipes--Engines--Keirs--Washing--Machines--Stocks--Wash Wheels--
Chemicking and Souring Cisterns--Various--Buildings--Addenda--Energy
of Decolourising Chlorides and Bleaching by Electricity and Ozone--
Energy of Decolourising Chlorides--Chlorides--Production of Chlorine
and Hypochlorites by Electrolysis--Lunge's Process for increasing the
intensity of the Bleaching Power of Chloride of Lime--Trilfer's Process
for Removing the Excess of Lime or Soda from Decolourising Chlorides--
Bleaching by Ozone.
Cotton Spinning and Combing.
=COTTON SPINNING= (First Year). By THOMAS THORNLEY, Spinning
Master, Bolton Technical School. 160 pp. Eighty-four
Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 1901. Price 3s.; Abroad, 3s. 6d.;
strictly net.
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
THORNLEY. 180 pp. Seventy Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 1901.
Price 5s.; India and British Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other
Countries, 6s.; strictly net.
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.
1901. Price 5s.; India and British Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other
Countries, 6s.; strictly net.
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. 1902. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other
Countries, 8s. 6d. net.
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.
Collieries and Mines.
=RECOVERY WORK AFTER PIT FIRES.= A Description of the
Principal Methods Pursued, especially in Fiery Mines, and of
the Various Appliances Employed, such as Respiratory and
Rescue Apparatus, Dams, etc. By ROBERT LAMPRECHT, Mining
Engineer and Manager. Translated from the German.
Illustrated by Six large Plates containing Seventy-six
Illustrations. 175 pp., demy 8vo. 1901. Price 10s. 6d.;
India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly
net.
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. 1903. Price 10s. 6d.;
India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly
net.
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 MINING.= By CARL VOLK.
Translated from the German. Royal 8vo. With Six Plates and
146 Illustrations.
[_In the press._
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.
Engineering, Smoke Prevention and Metallurgy.
=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.
1901. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.;
Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
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. 1901. Translated from
the German. With 103 Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
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. 1903. Price 5s.; India and
British Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; strictly
net.
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. 1902. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies,
11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; net.
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--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. 1903. Price 10s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; net.
Contents.
_Re_Coefficient of Transmission of Heat, k[underscored]/, and the Mean
Temperature Difference, [Greek: theta underscored]/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.
Dental Metallurgy.
=DENTAL METALLURGY: MANUAL FOR STUDENTS AND DENTISTS.= By A.
B. GRIFFITHS, Ph.D. Demy 8vo. Thirty-six Illustrations.
1903. 200 pp. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other
Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
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.
Plumbing, Decorating, 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 Revised. 1902. Price 7s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
Contents.
Cast Sheet Lead--Milled Sheet Lead--Roof Cesspools--Socket Pipes--
Drips--Gutters--Gutters (continued)--Breaks--Circular 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. 1901.
Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s.
6d.; strictly net.
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.
=THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF DIPPING, BURNISHING,
LACQUERING AND BRONZING BRASS WARE.= By W. NORMAN BROWN. 35
pp. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price 2s.; Abroad, 2s. 6d.; strictly
net.
=WORKSHOP WRINKLES= for Decorators, Painters, Paper-hangers
and Others. By W. N. BROWN. Crown 8vo. 128 pp. 1901. Price
2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.
=HOUSE DECORATING AND PAINTING.= By W. NORMAN BROWN.
Eighty-eight Illustrations. 150 pp. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price
3s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 4s.; Other Countries, 4s. 6d.;
strictly net.
=A HISTORY OF DECORATIVE ART.= By W. NORMAN BROWN. Thirty-nine
Illustrations. 96 pp. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price 2s. 6d.;
Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.
=A HANDBOOK ON JAPANNING AND ENAMELLING FOR CYCLES,
BEDSTEADS, TINWARE, ETC.= By WILLIAM NORMAN BROWN. 52 pp. and
Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 1901. Price 2s.; Abroad, 2s. 6d.;
net.
=THE PRINCIPLES OF HOT WATER SUPPLY.= By JOHN W. HART, R.P.C.
With 129 Illustrations. 1900. 177 pp., demy 8vo. Price 7s.
6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.;
strictly net.
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.
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.
1900. 340 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 12s. 6d.; India and Colonies,
13s. 6d.; Other Countries, 15s.; strictly net.
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--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. 1902. Price 12s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 13s. 6d.; Other Countries, 15s.; net.
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. 1902. Fifty Illustrations.
Price 5s.; India and Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries,
6s.; net.
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.
=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. 1902. Price 5s.; India and
Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; net.
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.
=GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING,
PLUMBING, AND THE ALLIED TRADES AND SUBJECTS.= By AUGUSTINE
C. PASSMORE. Demy 8vo. About 400 pp.
[_In the press._
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.
1902. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other
Countries, 8s. 6d.; net.
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.
=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. 1902. Price
5s.; India and Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; net.
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.
Lithography and Engraving.
=PRACTICAL LITHOGRAPHY.= By JOSEPH KIRKBRIDE. Demy 8vo. With
Plates and Illustrations.
[_In the press._
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.
=ENGRAVING FOR ILLUSTRATION. HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL NOTES.=
By J. KIRKBRIDE. 72 pp. Two Plates and Illustrations. Crown
8vo. Price 2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.
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. Demy 8vo. With 129 Illustrations.
[_In the press._
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--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. Demy 8vo. 83
Illustrations.
[_In the press._
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.
New Textile Books.
(_See also pp. 19-24._)
=TEXTILE CALCULATIONS=, especially relating to Woollens. From
the German of N. REISER. Thirty-four Illustrations. Tables.
[_In the press._
Contents.
Calculating the Raw Material--Proportion of Different Grades of Wool
to Furnish 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 FABRICS AND MATERIALS.= By Dr. S. MICRZINSKI.
Twenty-nine Illustrations.
[_In the press._
Contents.
Preparing the Fabrics--Impregnating the
Fabrics--Drying--Paraffin--Cupric Oxide Ammonia--Size--Tannin--Metallic
Oxides, etc.
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