24 

 Contents of " lYIodern Bleaching Agents and Detergents"— 



continued. 

 Behaviour of Oxygenol toward Dyed Fabrics. Sodium Peroxide as a Detergent.— Sodium 

 Peroxide Soap. Sundry New Detergents and Cleansing Agents.— Tetranol—Lavado— 

 Novol— Weiss's Benzine Washing Preparation— Hexol —Steinberg's Detergent Oil— Ozonite — 

 Ozonal— Ouillola— Gruner's Wasning Powder- Eureka Washing Powder— Detergent Soaps 

 that Liberate Oxygen— Klein's Detergent Snap— Detergent for Sensitive Colours— Poltzow's 

 Detergent Soap — Wolzendorffs Cyanide and Photographer's Ink — Detergent Liquids — 

 Hummel s Deterg-nt Liquid— Detergent Paste— B anchissine— He kel's Persil— Reinol, Triol, 

 Tetra-Isol, Benzin-Isol. Terpin-Isol, Isobenzine S jap and Iso S )ap. 



Cotton Spinning and Combing. 



COTTON SPINNING (First Year). By Tho.mas Thorxley, 

 Spinning Master, Bolton Technical School, 160 pp. Eighty-four Illus- 

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COTTON SPINNING (Intermediate, or Second Year;. By 

 Thomas Thorxley. Second Impression. ISO pp. Seventy Illustra- 

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COTTON SPINNING (Honours, or Third Year). By Thomas 

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COTTON COMBING MACHINES. By Thos. Thorxley, 



Spinning Master, Technical School. Bolton. Demy Svo. 117 Illustra- 

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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 Svo. 19U7. With 92 Illustrations. 200 pp. Price 

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FIBRES USED IN TEXTILE AND ALLIED INDUS- 

 TRIES. By C. Aln'sworth Mitchell, B.A. (Oxon.j, F.I.C., 

 and R. M. Prideaux F.I.C. With 6-S Illustrations specially drawn 

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Contents. 



Classification of Fibres.— General Characteristics of Fibres — .Microsco-ical Hxamination 

 of Fibres— Stegmata— Chemical Examination— Ultimate Fibres— .Methyl Value— .Moisture in 

 Fibres. Wool,— .Nature of Wool— Commercial Varieties— Characteristics of Good Wool— 

 Merino— .Microscopical Appearance— .Mould in Wool— Feling Prope "ty- Curl of w ool— 

 ChemicHl Composition— .Action of Reagents on Wool— Cnjorinised Wool— Deiection of Dyed 

 Fibres in Wooi-C nditionmg of Wool. Vicuna— Camel Hair— Alpaca— Llama Hair- 

 Mohair— Cashmere— Goats' Hair— Cow Hair— Horse Hair— Deer Hair— Reindeer Hair 

 —Rabbits' Hair— Cats* Hair— Dogs' Hair— Kangaroo's Hair— Human Hair. Silk.— 

 Origin of Silk— Reeling— Waste Silk— History— Commercial Varieties of Thread— Size of 

 Yarns— WilJ Silks— Microscopical Characteristics— Colour of Silk— Size of Fibres— Strength 

 and Elasticity — Specific Gravity— "Chemical Composition — Fibroin— Sericin— Hydrolysis of 

 Silk Proteins— .Action of Chemical Agents— .Absorpt. on of Tannin— Weighting— Di'fFerentiation 

 and Separation from other Fibres. Cotton. —History — Commercial Varieties — Structure of 

 the Fibre— Cell Walls— Dimensions of Fibre— Chemical Composition— Cellulose— Action of 

 Reagents — Xitrated Cotton — Examination of Bleached Fabrics — Absorption of Tannin — 

 Absorption of Gases — Absorption of DyestufTs— " Animalizing " ot Cotton— Sized Cotton- 

 Polished Cotton — Mould in Cotton— Waterproofed Cotton. Mercerised Cotton.— History- 

 Structural Alteration of Fibres— Affinity for Dyestuffs— Chemical Chanties in .Mercerisation— 

 Elfect upon Strength of Fibre— .Measurement of Shrinkage— Reactions and Tests for .Mercer- 

 ised Cotton— Dyestuff^ Tests. Artificial Silks, Linen and Ramie —Linen : Source— 



