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 Contents. 



Chapters I., Structure and Constitution of Wool Fibre. II., Yarn Scouring. III., Scouring 

 Materials. IV., Water for Scouring. V., Bleaching Carpet Yarns. VI., Colour Making for 

 "Yarn Printing. VII., Colour Printing Pastes. VIII., Colour Recipes for Yarn Printing. 

 JX., Science of Colour Mixing. X., Matching of Colours. XL, "Hank" Printing. XII., 

 Printing Tapestry Carpet Yarns. XIII., Yarn Printing. XIV., Steaming Printed Yarns. 

 XV., Washing of Steamed Yarns. XVI., Aniline Colours Suitable for Yarn Printing. XVII., 

 Glossary of Dyes and Dye-wares used in Wood Yarn Printing. Appendix. 



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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 MC!NTOSH, Lecturer on Chemical Technology, 

 London. Demy 8vo. 303pp. Twenty Illusts. 1901. Price 12s. 6d. ; 

 India and Colonies, 13s. 6d. ; Other Countries, 15s. ; strictly net. 



Contents. 



Chapter I. General Considerations on Bleaching. Chapter II. Steeping. Chapter III. 

 Washing: Its End and Importance Roller Washing Machines Wash Wheel (Dash Wheel) 

 Stocks or Wash Mill Squeezing. Chapter IV. 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. Chapter V. Mather and Platt's Keir Description of the Keir 

 Saturation of the Fabrics Alkali used in Lye Boiling Examples of Processes. Chapter VI. 

 Soap Action of Soap in Bleaching Quality and Quantity of Soaps to use in the Lye Soap 

 Lyes or Scalds Soap Scouring Stocks. Chapter VII. Bleaching on Grass or on the Bleach- 

 ing Green or Lawn. Chapter VIII. Chemicking Remarks on Chlorides and their De- 

 colourising Action Chemicking Cisterns Chemicking Strengths, etc. Chapter IX. Sours 

 Properties of the Acids Effects Produced by Acids Souring Cisterns. Chapter X. 

 Drying Drying by Steam Drying by Hot Air Drying by Air. Chapter XI. 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. 

 Chapter XII. Examples of Methods used in Bleaching Linen Cotton. Chapter XIII. 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). Chapter XIV. Chlorometry Titration Wagner's Chlorometric Method Prepara- 

 tion of Standard Solutions Apparatus for Chlorine Valuation Alkali in Excess in De- 

 colourising Chlorides. Chapter XV. Chlorine and Decolourising Chlorides Synopsis 

 Chlorine Chloride of Lime Hypochlorite of Soda Brochoki's Chlorozone Various De- 

 colourising Hypochlorites Comparison of Chloride of Lime and Hypochlorite of Soda 

 Chapter XVI. Water Qualities of Water Hardness Dervaux's Purifier Testing the 

 Purified Water Different Plant for Purification Filters. Chapter XVII. Bleaching of 

 Yarn Weight of Yarn Lye Boiling Chemicking Washing Bleaching of Cotton Yarn. 

 Chapter XVIII. The Installation of a Bleach Works Water Supply Steam Boilers Steam 

 Distribution Pipes Engines Keirs Washing Machines Stocks Wash Wheels Chemick- 

 ing and Souring Cisterns Various Buildings. Chapter XIX. Addenda Energy of De- 

 colourising 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. 



