NEW BOOKS PUBLISHED BY A. HART. 



MORFIT'S APPLISD CHBMIBTRT. 



A TREATISE UPON CHEMISTRY, 



IN ITS APPLICATION TO THE MANUFACTUKE OF 



SOAPS AND CANDLES. 



BXINa A THOROUGH EXPOSITION OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF THE TRaDB 

 IN ALL THEIR MINUTI-E, BASED UPON THE MOST RECENT DISCOVERIES IN 



SCIENCE. ! 



BY CAMPBELL MORFIT, 



PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMIST. 



With 170 Engravings on Wood. 



This work is based upon the most recent uiscoveries in Science and improvements 

 IN Ae/t, and presents a thorough exposition of the principles and practice of the trade in 

 all their minutiae. The experience and ability of the author have enabled him to produce 

 A MOPvE COMPLETE AND COMPBEHENSIVE BOOK upou the subject than any extant. The whole 

 arrangement is designed with a view to the scientific enlightenment, as well as the in- 

 strucion of the manufacturer, and its contents are such as to render it not only a stand- 

 ard GUIDE BOOK TO THE OPERATIVE, but also an authoritatlvc work of reference for the 



ClIEmST AND THE StUDENT. 



An examination of the annexed table of contents will show the invaluable usefulness 

 of the work, the practical features of which are illustrated by upwards of one hundred 



AND SIXTY ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. 



The following synopsis embraces only the main heads of each Chapter and Paragraph. 



Chap. 1. Introductory Remarks. 



" 2. The Dignity of the Art and its Re- 

 lations to Science. 



" 3. Affinity and Chemical Squiva- 

 lents : — Explanatio7i of. 



** 4. Alkalies. — Lime, Poiassa, Soda, 

 Ammonia. 



" 6. Alkalimetry. 



" 6 J.cic?5.— Carbonic, Sulphuric, Hy- 

 drochloric, Nitric, Boracic. 

 Acidimetry. 



** 7. Origin and Composition of Fatty 

 Matters. 



^ 8. Saponifiahle Fats.~0\\^ of Al- 

 mond, Olive, Mustard, Beech, 

 Poppy, Rapeseed, Grapeseed; 

 Nut Oil, Linseed Oil, Castor 

 Oil, Palm Oil, (processes for 

 bleaching it;) Coco Butter, 

 Nutmeg Butter, Galum Butter, 

 Athamantine. 



" 9. Adulteration of Oils. 



" 10. Action of Acids upon Oils. 



" 11. Volatile Oz7s.— The Properties of, 

 and their applicability to the 

 Manufacture of Soaps. 



« 12. Volatile Oils :— Their Origin and 

 Composition; Table of their 

 Specific Gravities. 



" 13. Essential 0«75; — The Adultera- 

 tions of, and the modes of de- 

 tecting them. 



*' 14. Wax:— lis Properties and Com- 

 position. 



" 15. J?esm5 ; — Their Properties and 

 Composition ; Colophony and 

 Gallipot. 



* 16. Animal Fats and Oj'Z^;— Lard, 

 Mutton Suet, Beef-tallow, Beef- 

 • marrow, Bone>fat, Soap-grease, 

 Oil-lees, Kllchen-stuff, Human 

 fat, Adipocir^. '^MUer, Fish-oil, 



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Spermaceti, Delphinine, Neats 

 feet Oil. 



Chap. 17. The Constituents of Fats, theii 

 Properties and Composition: 

 Stearine, Stearic Acid and 

 Salts; Margarine, Marp'aric 

 Acid and Sails ; Olein, Oleic 

 Acid and Salts; Celine, Cetylic 

 Acid; Phocenine, Phocenic 

 Acid and Salts ; Butyrine, Bu- 

 tyric Acid and Salts; Caproic, 

 Capric Acid; Hircine, Hircic 

 Acid; Cholesterine. 

 " 18. Basic Co7isiiiuents of Fats : — 



Glycerin. Eihal, 

 " 19. Theory of Saponification. 

 " 20. Utensils :—'&\esLm Series, Buga- 

 diers or Ley Vats, Soap Frames, 

 Caldrons, &c. 

 " 21. The Systemized arrangement for 



a Soap Factory. 

 " 22. Re7narks, — Preliminary to the 

 Process for Making Soap, 



23. Hard Soaps 



Jutting Pro- 



cess;" Comparative Value ol 

 Oils and Fats as Soap ingredi- 

 ent, with Tables ; White, Mot- 

 tled, Marseilles, Yellow, Yan- 

 kee Soaps; English Yellow and 

 AVhite Soap, Coco Soap, Palm 

 Soap, Butter Soap, English 

 Windsor Soap, French Wind- 

 sor Soap. Analyses of Soaps. 



24. Process for Making Soap .'—Pre- 



paration of the Leys, Empa- 

 tage, Relargage, Coction, Mot- 

 tling, Cooling. 



25. Fxtemporaiieons Soaps: — Lard, 



Medicinal, "Hawes," "Ma 

 quer," and ''Darcet's" Soaps 



26. Silicated .Soap^ .•— Flint, Sand, 



" Dunn's,'* Davis's-' Soaps. 



