ing and thickening it four or five houirs, it is reduced to the 
extent or enfions of the hat intended. ‘To fecure- the 
hands from cing in jured by this frequent rolling, &c. of 
ufually ate them with’ a fort of thick giones: 
ich, with a piece of iren or copper bent for that purpofe, 
and called a fash) they gradua ally beat or drive down the 
commander all roun , till it has reached the bottem of the 
block, and t thus is oe crown eet ; what remains at bot- 
tom, Below the ftring, being the 
The hat being now fet tn dry, hey proceed e # finge it, by 
Bt ae it over a then it 1s 
rubbed over with uteri Ph ‘al e SE the coarfer 
knap 3 Sab rubbed over afrefh with feal-fkin to lay the 
knap a little eh ; and laftly, carded with a fine card to 
taife the fine cotton, with which the hat is afterwards to 
or twelve dozen of hats, The dye, or tincture, is made ©: 
wood, verdigris, copperas, and alder-bark ; exis ch fome 
ae _ and fumac. i 
manufacture of La fi er . 7 Chauf- 
fers (Journal Polytechnique, 1 ay by ace 
_—— and oak-bark has ee fabftituted with ad- 
ast 
an hour; then taken out and fet to coo ool, 
to the dee; ahd this for ten or twelve times fuceefively. For 
the method of ati hats, fee Dyrine of Hats 
mplete, the hat is returned rs the hatter, 
ap 
way, a laft overturning and eung it in the crown. 
When ee ‘fafficient tly and 
“on the block, nite. wadan 
afort of irons like thofe — ee eee 
and heated like them, which being rubbed over and over 
each part of the hat, with the affiltance of the bruih, 
thens and gives it a glofs, which is ‘the laft operation ; 
nothing now but to clip the nies even with {cil- 
fars, and few a monn. to the crown. 
~The feveral s emplo me in hat -making, are fepa- 
ehikthe reader isreferred. ‘The laft operation, 
ers ae ae pers se linin mal the the inner. am 
of the : hat, wi 
ete: the hat is kept boiling for abst: three quarters of * 
then returned 
ie agree articles FreuTine, gash and affifti 
la 
HA TS. 
diffolved together in a fufficient quantity of water, .and 
brought to the requifite thicknefs by boiling. This prepa- 
ration, fimple and eafy as it appears, is not indifferent with 
regard to the beaut and duration of the work... If it be 
too tenacious, it renders the ftuff dry and ittle, and after 
fome months ufe, a kind of greyifh incruttation is formed on 
the furface, which alters the texture. “* It appeared to ae 
(fays ong that this effect was caufed by the gun 
arabic which is added to or ee I sheets fougtt 
among the plai ‘oh of our own country for a fimple prepara- 
tion, which might be fabiituted intend of thefe natural and 
friable gums, ‘The muc ilaginous principle abounds ina 
great number of plants, and may be eafily he a by ebul- 
lition ; and a gum may even be formed by evap oration, which 
preferves its fupplenefs and flexibility. Thee corifidera- 
tions induced me to recommend, inftead of the ufual prepa- 
ration, a folution Of glue in a decoétion loaded with the 
mucilage of linfeed oil. This preparation has been big 
ufed w ith economy in the manufactory, and with advantage 
in pa: excellence of the work. Since that time citizen 
ee how great a portion of mucous and ete matter 
thefe leaves afford, "etpecially when vee Jou is in its 
gour ; a ftron decottion of thefe le s has been ufed 
a fuceslto 
tare Laws relating to. By 24 Geo. III. c. 51, - 
retailers of hats, commonly called felt or wool, ftuff o 
beaver hats, or any leather or japanned hats, fhall take a 
flice 
a licence from the ftamp-offices, for which fhal aid 
a i the bills, 4os., ellewhere 5s. 5 which licence fhall be 
renewed annually, ten days before the en Jt If 
forfeit 5o/ 
tity die. one dozen of hats at one time to any one perfon, 
{hall be deemed a retailer. Such perfon fhall put over his 
door, or in the front of his houfe or meee the words “ ou 
in hats by retail,”’ on pain ud forf; 405.3 an 
word % fhall ete oa 
paid the 
43 Geo 
porte ited, fi 
fhall LZ sega a drawback of os. 2 For the encourage- 
Geo. I 
veo iar we ripened duty ad 
for women have been made i sswiagatauee 
Hats 
filk, hace: fhavings of wood, i eater, gold, and 
- filvér, 
| ay ee : Har 
