The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student

by Franklin Beech

Part II., The Art of Dyeing Silk: Ungumming and Boiling for White.—For Boiling of Silks Intended to be Dyed.—Observations on Ungumming and Boiling.—Of White.—Of Whitening.—Sulphuring. —Observations on Whitening and Sulphuring.—Of Aluming.—Remarks on Aluming.—Of Blue.—Remarks on the Blue of Indigo.—Of Yellow.—Remarks on Yellow.—Aurora, Orange, Mordore, Gold Colour and Chamois.—Red and Crimson.—Remarks on Crimson.—Of False Crimson or the Red of Brazil.—Remarks on the Red, or Crimson of Brazil Wood.—Of Scarlet, Orange, Red and Cherry Colour.—Preparation of the Carthamus or Bastard Saffron.—Remarks on the Dye of Carthamus or Bastard Saffron.—Of the False Poppy or Fire Colour Produced with Brazil Wood.—False Rose Colour.—Of Green. —Remarks.—Of Olives.—Remarks.—Of Violet.—Of Fine Violet, or Violet in Grain.—Of False or Common Violets or Lilac.—Of the Violet of Logwood.—Remarks.—Violet of Logwood and Verdigris.—Violets of Brazil and Logwood.—Remarks.—Violets from Brazil Wood and Archil. —Of Purple, Gillyflower, and of Fine Cochineal or Purple.—Of False Purple.—Of Maroons, Cinnamons and White Lees.—Remarks.—Of Nut Greys. Thorn Greys, Black and Iron Greys and others of the same Species.—Of Black.—Softening of Black.—Black in the Raw.—Remarks on Black.—Particular Process Communicated by M. Hellot.—Genoa Crimson, a Process Proved in May, 1743.—Violet Crimson of Italy.—Half Violet.—Genoa Black for Velvets.

Part III., The Art of Dyeing Cotton and Linen Thread, together with the Method of Stamping Silks, Cottons, etc.: Of Dyeing in General.—Inquiry concerning Wool, Silk, Cotton and Flax.—Of Wool.—Of Silk.—Of Cotton.—Of Flax.—Conclusion from the Examina

tion of Substances Commonly Dyed.—Of Bleaching.—Preparation for Stuffs to be Dyed.—Astringents.—Theory of Dyeing Stuffs Prepared with Alum.—Of Colouring Substances.—Of Cochineal and Colouring Insects.—Of Madder.—Of Vegetables Furnishing a Yellow Dye.—Of the Colouring Drugs Used in Dyeing without Astringents.—Of Indigo.—Of Substances Used in Dyeing Fawn and Root Colour.—Of Carthamus, Roucou, etc.—Of Black. Of Dyeing of Cotton Thread: Of Cleansing.—Of the Colours Employed for the Dyeing of Cotton Thread.—Of Blue.—Of Red.—Adrianople Red.—Observations on this Dye.—Of Yellow.—Of Green.—Of Violet.—Of Red Cinnamon.—Of Black.—Black for Linen and Cotton Thread by a Combination of Colours.—Of Grey.—Of More Durable Greys.—Of Musk Colour.—Olive and Duck Greens.—Of Browns, Maroons, Coffee Colours, etc.—Of Silk Stuffs Dyed of Several Colours.—The Manner of Stamping Silk, etc., in Europe.—Of a Linen with a Blue Ground and White Pattern.—Of Saxon Blue.—Observations on this Dye.—Indexes.

THE DYEING OF COTTON FABRICS: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student. By FRANKLIN BEECH, Practical Colourist and Chemist. 272 pp. Forty-four Illustrations of Bleaching and Dyeing Machinery. Demy 8vo. 1901. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.: Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

Contents.

Chapters I., Structure and Chemistry of the Cotton Fibre.—II., Scouring and Bleaching of Cotton.—III., Dyeing Machinery and Dyeing Manipulations.—IV., Principals and Practice of Cotton Dyeing—1, Direct Dyeing; 2, Direct Dyeing followed by Fixation with Metallic Salts; 3, Direct Dyeing followed by Fixation with Developers; 4, Direct Dyeing followed by Fixation with Couplers; 5, Dyeing on Tannic Mordant; 6, Dyeing on Metallic Mordant; 7, Production of Colour Direct upon Cotton Fibres; 8, Dyeing Cotton by Impregnation with Dye-stuff Solution.—V., Dyeing Union (Mixed Cotton and Wool) Fabrics.—VI., Dyeing Half Silk (Cotton-Silk, Satin) Fabrics.—VII., Operations following Dyeing—Washing, Soaping, Drying.—VIII., Testing of the Colour of Dyed Fabrics.—IX., Experimental Dyeing and Comparative Dye Testing.—Index.

The book contains numerous recipes for the production on Cotton Fabrics of all kinds of a great range of colours, thus making it of great service in the Dye-house, while to the Student it is of value in that the scientific principles which underlie the operations of dyeing are clearly laid down.

COTTON SPINNING (First Year). By THOMAS THORNLEY, Spinning Master, Bolton Technical School. 160 pp. 84 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 1901. Price 3s.; Abroad, 3s. 6d.; strictly net.

Contents.

Syllabus and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London Institute.—Chapters I., Cultivation, Classification, Ginning, Baling and Mixing of the Raw Cotton.—II., Bale-Breakers, Mixing Lattices and Hopper Feeders—III., Opening and Scutching.—IV., Carding.—Index to Illustrations.—General Index.