The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing / Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association
by Watson Smith
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- THE CHEMISTRY
- OF
- HAT MANUFACTURING
- LECTURES DELIVERED BEFORE THE HAT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION
- WATSON SMITH, F.C.S., F.I.C.
- THEN LECTURER IN CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE OWENS COLLEGE, MANCHESTER AND LECTURER OF THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY
- REVISED AND EDITED
- ALBERT SHONK
- WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- THE CHEMISTRY OF HAT MANUFACTURING
- LECTURE I
- TEXTILE FIBRES, PRINCIPALLY WOOL, FUR, AND HAIR
- LECTURE II
- TEXTILE FIBRES, PRINCIPALLY WOOL, FUR, AND HAIR—Continued
- LECTURE III
- WATER: ITS CHEMISTRY AND PROPERTIES; IMPURITIES AND THEIR ACTION; TESTS OF PURITY
- LECTURE IV
- WATER: ITS CHEMISTRY AND PROPERTIES; IMPURITIES AND THEIR ACTION; TESTS OF PURITY—Continued
- LECTURE V
- ACIDS AND ALKALIS
- LECTURE VI
- BORIC ACID, BORAX, SOAP
- LECTURE VII
- SHELLAC, WOOD SPIRIT, AND THE STIFFENING AND PROOFING PROCESS
- LECTURE VIII
- MORDANTS: THEIR NATURE AND USE
- LECTURE IX
- DYESTUFFS AND COLOURS
- LECTURE X
- DYESTUFFS AND COLOURS—Continued
- LECTURE XI
- DYEING OF WOOL AND FUR; AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF COLOURS
- INDEX
- Abridged Catalogue
- OF
- Special Technical Books.
- INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
- FULL PARTICULARS OF CONTENTS
- CURRENT TECHNICAL BOOKS. LIST I.
- LIST II.
- LIST III.
- (Paints, Colours, Pigments and Printing Inks.)
- (Varnishes and Drying Oils.)
- (Oils, Fats, Waxes, Greases, Petroleum.)
- (Essential Oils and Perfumes.)
- (Soap Manufacture.)
- (Cosmetical Preparations.)
- (Glue, Bone Products and Manures.)
- (Chemicals, Waste Products, etc.)
- (Agricultural Chemistry and Manures.)
- (Writing Inks and Sealing Waxes.)
- (Lead Ores and Lead Compounds.)
- (Industrial Hygiene.)
- (Industrial Uses of Air, Steam and Water.)
- (X Rays.)
- (India-Rubber and Gutta Percha.)
- (Leather Trades.)
- (Pottery, Bricks, Tiles, Glass, etc.)
- (Glassware, Glass Staining and Painting.)
- (Paper Making, Paper Dyeing, and Testing.)
- (Enamelling on Metal.)
- (Textile and Dyeing Subjects.)
- (Dyeing, Colour Printing, Matching and Dye-stuffs.)
- (Silk Manufacture.)
- (Bleaching and Bleaching Agents.)
- (Cotton Spinning and Combing.)
- (Flax, Hemp and Jute Spinning.)
- (Collieries and Mines.)
- (Dental Metallurgy.)
- (Engineering, Smoke Prevention and Metallurgy.)
- (The "Broadway" Series of Engineering Handbooks.)
- (Sanitary Plumbing, Electric Wiring, Metal Work, etc.)
- (Brewing and Botanical.)
- (Wood Products, Timber and Wood Waste.)
- (Building and Architecture.)
- (Foods, Drugs and Sweetmeats.)
- (Dyeing Fancy Goods.)
- (Celluloid.)
- (Lithography, Printing and Engraving.)
- (Bookbinding.)
- (Sugar Refining.)
- (Emery.)
- (Libraries and Bibliography.)
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