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THE CHEMISTRY OF HAT MANUFACTURING. Lec- 

 tures delivered before the Hat Manufacturers' Association. Revised 

 and Edited by Albert Shonk. With 16 Illustrations. [In the press. 



Contents. 



Textile Fibres— Wool, Hair, etc.— Water, Chemistry of, and Impurities in— Tests of Purity 

 — Acids and Alkalies — Boric Acid, Borax, Soap — Shellac, Wood Spirit — Stiffening and Proofing 

 — Mordants: their Nature and Use — Dyestuffs and Colours — Dyeing of Wool and Fur — 

 Optical Properties of Colours. 



THE TECHNICAL TESTING OF YARNS AND TEX- 

 TILE FABRICS. With Reference to Official Specifica- 

 tions. Translated from the German of Dr. J. Herzfeld. Second 

 Edition. Sixty-nine Illustrations. 200 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. ; 

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

 Contents. 

 Yarn Testins;. Determininsr the Yarn Number— Testing the Length of Yams- 

 Examination of the External Appearance of Yarn — Determining the Twist of Yarn 

 and Twist — Determination of Tensile Strength and Elasticity — Estimating the 

 Percentage of Fat in Yarn— Determination of Moisture (Conditioning) — Appendix. 



DECORATIVE AND FANCY TEXTILE FABRICS. 



By R. T. Lord. Manufacturers and Designers of Carpets, Damask, 

 Dress and all Textile Fabrics. 200 pp. Demy 8vo. 132 Designs and 

 Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d. ; India and Colonies, 8s. ; Other Countries, 

 8s. 6d. ; strictly net. 



Contents. 



A Few Hints on Designing Ornamental Textile Fabrics — A Few Hints on Designing Orna- 

 mental Textile Fabrics (continued) — A Few Hints on Designing Ornamental Textile Fabrics 

 (continued) — A Few Hints on Designing Ornamental Textile Fabrics (continued) — Hints for 

 Ruled-paper Draughtsmen— The Jacquard Machine — Brussels and Wilton Carpets — Tapestry 

 Carpets — Ingrain Carpets — Axminster Carpets — Damask and Tapestry Fabrics — ^Scarf Silks 

 and Ribbons — Silk Handkerchiefs — Dress Fabrics — Mantle Cloths — Figured Plush— Bed Quilts 

 — Calico Printing. 



THEORY AND PRACTICE OP DAMASK WEAVING. 



By H. KiNZER and K. Walter. Royal 8vo. Eighteen Folding Plates. 

 Six Illustrations. Translated from the German. 110 pp. Price 8s. 6d. ; 

 Colonies, 9s. ; Other Countries, 9s. 6d. ; strictly net. 



Contents. 



The Various Sorts of Damask Fabrics— Drill (Ticking, Handloom-made)— Whole 

 Damask for Tablecloths — Damask with Ground- and Connecting-warp Threads — Furniture 

 Damask^Lampas or Hangings— Church Damasks— The Manufacture of Whole Damask 



— Damask Arrangement wiih and without Cross-Shedding— The Altered Cone-arrangement — 

 The Principle of the Corner Lifting Cord — The Roller Principle — The Combination of the 

 Jacquard with the so-called Damask Machine^ — The Special Damask IWachine — The Combina- 

 tion of Two Tyings. 



FAULTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN 

 GOODS AND THEIR PREVENTION. By Nicolas 



Reiser. Translated from the Second German Edition. Crown 8vo. 

 Sixty-three Illustrations. 170 pp. Price 5s. ; Colonies, 5s. 6d. ; Other 

 Countries, 6s. ; strictly net. 



Contents. 



Improperly Chosen Raw Material or Improper Mixtures — Wrong Treatment of the 

 Material in Washing, Carbonisation, Drying, Dyeing and Spinning — Improper Spacing of the 

 Goods in the Loom— Wrong Placing of Colours— Wrong Weight or Width of the Goods 

 —Breaking of Warp and Weft Threads— Presence of Doubles, Singles, Thick, Loose, 

 and too Hard Twisted Threads as well as Tangles, Thick Knots and the Like — Errors in 



Cross-weaving — Inequalities, i.e., Bands and Stripes — Dirty Borders — Defective Selvedges 



Holes and Buttons— Rubbed Places— Creases— Spots— Loose and Bad Colours — Badly Dyed 

 Selvedges— Hard Goods— Brittle Goods— Uneven Goods— Removal of 'Bands, Stripes 

 Creases and Spots. 



