Commercial Paints and Painting. A Handbook for Architects, Engineers, Property Owners, Painters and Decorators, etc. Arthur Seymour Jennings. 224 + xii pages. 47 Illustrations. Extra Crown 8vo. 7/6 net.
Glass Manufacture. Walter Rosenhain, D.Sc., F.R.S. Superintendent of the Department of Metallurgy in the National Physical Laboratory. 2nd and Revised Edition. 12/6 net.
Contents.—Physical and Chemical Properties of Glass. The Physical Properties of Glass. The Raw Materials of Glass Manufacture. Refractories. Furnaces. The Process of Fusion. Processes Used in the working of Glass. Bottle Glass. Blown and Pressed Glass. Rolled or Plate Glass. Sheet and Crown Glass. Coloured Glasses. Optical Glass. Miscellaneous Products.
Decorative Glass Processes. Arthur Louis Duthie. Extra Crown 8vo. 8/6 net.
Contents.—Introduction. Various Kinds of Glass in Use. Their Characteristics, Comparative Price, etc. Leaded Lights. Stained Glass. Embossed Glass. Brilliant Cutting and Bevelling. Sand-Blast and Crystalline Glass. Gilding. Silvering and Mosaic. Proprietary Processes. Patents. Glossary.
The Manufacture of Leather. Hugh Garner Bennett, M.Sc., F.C.S., Member of the International Association of Leather Trade Chemists. Demy 8vo. 18/- net.
Contents.—Historical and Introductory Outline. The Nature of Skin. Fermentation. Hides and Skins. Water. Soaking. Unhairing. Deliming. The Tannins. The Vegetable Tanning Materials. The Analysis of Tanning Materials. The Preparation of the Tanning Liquors. The Principles of Vegetable Tanning. The Tannage of Sole Leather. The Tannage of Belting, Harness and Upper Leather, etc. The Tannage of Moroccos and Light Leathers. The Tannage of Chrome Leather. Alum and Combination Tannages. Fat, Oil and Aldehyde Tannages. The Drying of Leather. The Finishing of Sole Leather. The Currying and Finishing of Dressing Leather. Leather Dyeing. The Finishing of Light Leathers. The Finishing of Chrome Leather. The Finishing of the Alum- and Combination-Tanned Leathers. The Finishing of Fat- and Oil-Tanned Leathers. Japanned and Enamelled Leathers. The Dressing of Wool Rugs. The Analysis of Leather. Index.
Mineral and Aerated Waters, and the Machinery for their Manufacture. C. Answorth Mitchell, B.A. (Oxon.), F.I.C. Demy 8vo. 9/- net.
The Chemistry and Technology of Printing Inks. Norman Underwood and Thomas V. Sullivan. Medium 8vo. 12/6 net.