THE MANUFACTURE OF ALUM AND THE SUL- 

 PHATES AND OTHER SALTS OF ALUMINA AND 

 IRON. Their Uses and Applications as Mordants in Dyeing 

 and Calico Printing, and their other Applications in the Arts, Manufac- 

 tures, Sanitary Engineering, Agriculture and Horticulture. Translated 

 from the French of LUCIEN GESCHWIND. 195 Illustrations. Nearly 

 400 pp. Royal 8vo. 1901. Price 12s. 6d. ; India and Colonies, 13s. 6d. ; 

 Other Countries, 15s. ; strictly net. 



Contents. 



Part I., Theoretical Study of Aluminium, Iron, and Compounds of -these Metals. 



Chapters I., Aluminium and its Compounds. II., Iron and Iron Compounds. 



Part II., Manufacture of Aluminium Sulphates and Sulphates of Iron. Chapters III., 

 Manufacture of Aluminium Sulphate and the Alums. IV., Manufacture of Sulphates of Iron. 



Part III., Uses of the Sulphates of Aluminium and Iron. Chapters V., Uses of 

 Aluminium Sulphate and Alums Application to Wool and Silk Preparing and using Aluminium 

 Acetates Employment of Aluminium Sulphate in Carbonising Wool The Manufacture of 

 Lake Pigments Manufacture of Prussian Blue Hide and Leather Industry Paper Making 

 Hardening Plaster Lime Washes Preparation of Non-inflammable Wood, etc. Purifica- 

 tion of Waste Waters. VI., Uses and Applications of Ferrous Sulphate and Ferric 

 Sulphates. Dyeing Manufacture of Pigments Writing Inks Purification of Lighting Gas 

 Agriculture Cotton Dyeing Disinfectant Purifying Waste Liquors Manufacture of 

 Nordhausen Sulphuric Acid Fertilising. 



Part IV., Chemical Characteristics of Iron and Aluminium. Analysis of Various 

 Aluminous or Ferruginous Products. Chapter VII., Aluminium. Analysing: Aluminium 

 Products. Alunite Alumina Sodium Aluminate Aluminium Sulphate. Chapter VIII., Iron. 

 Analytical Characteristics of Iron Salts Analysis of Pyritic Lignite Ferrous and Ferric 

 Sulphates Rot"' 1 Mordant Index. 



MANUAL OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. By 



HERBERT INGLE, F.I.C., Lecturer on Agricultural Chemistry, the 

 Yorkshire College; Lecturer in the Victoria University. 388 pp. 11 

 Illustrations. 1902. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. ; India and Colonies, 8s. ; 

 Other Countries, 8s. 6d. net. 



Contents. 



Chapters I., Introduction. II., The Atmosphere. III., The Soil. IV., The Reactions 

 "ccurring in Soils. V., The Analysis of Soils. VI., Manures, Natural. VII., Manures (con- 

 tinued). VIII., The Analysis of Manures. IX.. The Constituents of Plants. X., The Plant. 

 XL, Crops. -XII., The Animal. XIII., Foods and Feeding. XIV., Milk and Milk Products. 

 XV., The Analysis of Milk and Milk Products. XVI., Miscellaneous Products used in Agri- 

 culture. Appendix. Index. 



LUBRICATING OILS, FATS AND GREASES: Their 

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

 Oil Manufacturers, Refiners and Merchants, and the Oil and Fat 

 Industry in General. By GEORGE H. HURST, F.C.S. Second Edition. 

 Sixty-five Illustrations. 313 pp. Demy 8vo. 1902. Price 10s. 6d. ; 

 India and Colonies, 11s. ; Other Countries, 12s. ; strictly net. 

 Contents. 



Chapters I., Introductory. Oils and Fats, Fatty Oils and Fats, Hydrocarbon Oils, Uses 

 of Oils. II., Hydrocarbon Oils. Distillation, Simple Distillation, Destructive Distillation, 

 Products of Distillation, Hydrocarbons, Paraffins, Olefins, Napthenes. III., Scotch Shale 

 Oils. Scotch Shales, Distillation of Scotch Oils, Shale Retorts, Products of Distilling Shales, 

 Separating Products, Treating Crude Shale Oil, Refining Shale Oil, Shale Oil Stills, Shale 

 Naphtha Burning Oils, Lubricating Oils, Wax. IV., Petroleum. Occurrence, Geology, Origin, 

 Composition, Extraction, Refining, Petroleum Stills, Petroleum Products, Cylinder Oils, 

 Russian Petroleum, Deblooming Mineral Oils. V., Vegetable and Animal Oils. Intro- 

 duction, Chemical Composition of Oils and Fats, Fatty Acids, Glycerine, Extraction of Animal 

 and Vegetable Fats and Oils, Animal Oils, Vegetable Oils, Rendering, Pressing, Refining, 

 Bleaching, Tallow, Tallow Oil, Lard Oil, Neatsfoot Oil, Palm Oil, Palm Nut Oil, Cocoanut 

 Oil, Castor Oil, Olive Oil, Rape and Colza Oils, Arachis Oil, Niger Seed Oil, Sperm Oils, 

 Whale Oil, Seal Oil, Brown Oils, Lardine, Thickened Rape Oil. VI., Testing and Adultera- 

 tion of Oils. Specific Gravity, Alkali Tests, Sulphuric Acid Tests, Free Acids in Oils, Vis- 

 cosity Tests, Flash and Fire Tests, Evaporation Tests, Iodine and Bromide Tests, Elaidin 

 Test, Melting Point of Fat, Testing Machines. VII., Lubricating Greases. Rosin Oil, 

 Anthracene Oil, Making Greases, Testing and Analysis of Greases. VII I., Lubrication. 

 Friction and Lubrication, Lubricant, Lubrication of Ordinary Machinery, Spontaneous Com- 

 bustion of Oils, Stainless Oils, Lubrication of Engine Cylinders, Cylinder Oils. Appendices. 

 A. Table of Baume's Hydrometer B. Table of Thermometric Degrees C. Table of Specific 

 Gravities of Oils Index. 



