STUDENTS' HANDBOOK OF PAINTS, COLOURS, OILS 



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Varnishes and Drying Oils, 



OIL CRUSHING, REFINING AND BOILING, THE 

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VARNISH MATERIALS AND OIL- VARNISH MAKING. 



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SPIRIT VARNISHES AND SPIRIT VARNISH 

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Contents. 

 Characteristics of Spirit Varnisli Solvents. Acetic Acid— Acet.c Anhydride— Acetone 

 — '\myl Acetate— Benzine. Coal Tar Naphtha— Tolvene—Cajeput Oil— Caoutchouc—Carbon 

 Disulphide— Carbon Tetrachloride— Chloroform— Chlorine Derivati\ es— Dichlorhydrin— Epi- 

 chlorhydrin Alcoholic Solvents— Ethyl Alcohol— Absolute Alcohol— Ether— Ethyl Acetate 

 — Ethylic Nitrate— Ethy lie xNitrite— Methyl Alcolol— Methyl Nitrate. Solvents— Naph- 

 thalene— Petroleum Spirit. Resin Yielding Trees— Canada Balsam— Oregon Balsam— 

 —Venice Turpentine— Various Resins Sources and Methods of obtaining Turpentine- 

 Obtaining American Turpentine— Indian Turpertme— Grecian Turpentine— Spanish Turpen- 

 tine-Swedish Turpentie— Aleppo Pine — Honduras and Mexican Turpentines— Saghalien 

 Turpentine— Russian Turpentine- French Rosin and Turpentine. Distillation of Turpen = 

 tine. Turpentine Testing and Turpentine Substitutes. Distillation and Chemistry 

 of t^osin. Rosin Oil. Chemistry of the Terpenes- Camphor. Wood Tar, etc. Gum 

 Benzoin, Dammar, Kauri, etc. Dragons' Blood Hlemi, Gamboge, etc —Java Copal- 

 Gum Accroides, ere. Japanese and Chinese Lacquers. Manilla Copal— Mastic- Sandarac. 

 Shellac. Colours and Stains. Principles of Spirit Varnish Manufactures. Amber 

 and Asphaltum, Colodion and Celluloid Varnishes. Copal and Dammar Spirit 

 Varnish. Indiarubber, Insulating, Mastic and Malt Spirit Varnishes. Rosin Spirit 

 Varnishes -Sandarac Spirit Varnisnes — Shellac Wa:tr Varnishes— Shellac Spirit Varnishes 

 — Spirit Varnish Enamels— Sundry Spirit Varnishes Technical Valuation— The Filmo- 

 meter— Colorimeter— Acid Re-action — Chemical Analysis — Density— Viscometer— Boiling 

 Point— Flash Point. Rosin Determination and Analysis. General Index. Index to Recipes. 



DRYING OILS, BOILED OIL AND SOLID AND 

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LUBRICATING OILS, FATS AND GREASES: Their 

 Origin, Preparation, Properties, Uses and Analyses. A Handbook for 

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