PAPER MAKING, CHAPTERS ON. A Series of Volumes dealing in a practical manner with all the leading questions in connection with the Chemistry of Paper-Making and the Manufacture of Paper. By Clayton Beadle, Lecturer on Paper-Making before the Society of Arts, 1898 and 1902, and at the Battersea Polytechnic Institute, 1902, etc., etc. Each volume is published separately, at the price of 5/0 net per vol.
Volume I, comprises a Series of Lectures delivered on behalf of the Battersea Polytechnic Institute in 1902. Crown 8vo. 151 pp. Net 5/0
Volume II. comprises Answers to Questions on Paper-Making Set by the Examiners to the City and Guilds of London Institute, 1901-1903. Crown 8vo, 182 pp. Net 5/0
Volume III. comprises a short practical Treatise in which Boiling, Bleaching, Loading, Colouring, and similar Questions are discussed. Crown 8vo, 142 pp. Net 5/0
CONTENTS: — "Brass" and "Steel" Beater Bars — The Size and Speed of Beater Rolls — The Fading of Prussian Blue Papers — The Effect of Lowering the Breast Roll — The Effect of "Loading" on the Transparency of Paper — "Terra Alba" as a Loading for Paper — The Use of Alum in Tub Sizing — The Influence of Temperature on Bleaching — The Use of Refining Engines — Agitation as an Auxiliary to Bleaching — The Heating of "Stuff" for the Paper Machine — The Comparative Results of Quadruple and Open Effect Evaporation — How to Prevent Electrification of Paper on the Machine — Transparency of Papers — The "Life" of Machine Wires — Edge Runners.
Volume IV. contains discussions upon Water Supplies and the Management of the Paper Machine and its influence upon the Qualities of Papers. Crown 8vo, 164 pp. Net 5/0
CONTENTS: — The Bulking of Papers — Special Qualities of "Art" Papers — The "Ageing" and Storage of Papers — The Use of Lime in Boiling — Controlling the Mark of The "Dandy" — "Machine" and "Hand" Cut Rags — Froth on Paper Machine — Scum Spots in Paper — Consumption of Water in the Manufacture of Paper — The Management of Suction-boxes — The Shrinkage of Paper on the Machine — Paper that does not Shrink or Expand — The Production of Non-Stretchable Paper — The Connection between "Stretch" and "Expansion" of Papers — "Stretch" and "Breaking Strain" — Paper Testing Machines.
Volume V. concerning The Theory and Practice of Beating. Crown 8vo. With photomicrographs and other Illustrations. Net 5/0
CONTENTS: — Early Beating Appliances — The Hollander — The Economy of Beating — Difficulties of arriving at Definite Results — Behaviour of different Fibres — "Refining" — Power Consumption — A Comparison of Two different kinds of Beaters — Power consumed in the "Breaking," "Beating," and "Refining" of different Materials — Dealing with the "Circulation" and "Agitation" in a Hollander — Comparisons of large and medium-sized Hollanders when beating "Hard" and "Soft" Stock — Trials to determine the Relative Merits of Stone and Metal Beater-Bars — Trials with Breakers, Reed Beaters, and Kingsland Refiners — A System of Beating combined with a System for Continuous Bleaching — Beaters and Refiners — Power consumed in grinding Wood-pulp — The Reduction in Length of Fibres at different Stages of Beating — Method for determining the "Wetness" of Beaten Stuff — The Position of Beaters in Old and Modern Paper-Mills — Appendix.
PARA RUBBER. ITS CULTIVATION & PREPARATION. By W. H. Johnson, F.L.S., Ex-Director of Agriculture, Gold Coast Colony, West Africa, Director of Agriculture, Mozambique Company, East Africa, Commissioned by Government in 1902 to visit Ceylon to Study the Methods employed there in the Cultivation and Preparation of Para Rubber and other Agricultural Staples for Market, with a view to Introduce them into West Africa. Second Edition, rewritten and greatly enlarged, with numerous illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth Net 7/6