London, April 1906.


CONTENTS

LECTUREPAGE
I. TEXTILE FIBRES, PRINCIPALLY WOOL, FUR, AND HAIR[1]
II. TEXTILE FIBRES, PRINCIPALLY WOOL, FUR, AND HAIR—continued[18]
III. WATER: ITS CHEMISTRY AND PROPERTIES; IMPURITIES AND THEIR ACTION; TESTS OF PURITY[29]
IV. WATER: ITS CHEMISTRY AND PROPERTIES; IMPURITIES AND THEIR ACTION; TESTS OF PURITY—continued[38]
V. ACIDS AND ALKALIS[49]
VI. BORIC ACID, BORAX, SOAP[57]
VII. SHELLAC, WOOD SPIRIT, AND THE STIFFENING AND PROOFING PROCESS[62]
VIII. MORDANTS: THEIR NATURE AND USE[69]
IX. DYESTUFFS AND COLOURS[79]
X. DYESTUFFS AND COLORS—continued[89]
XI. DYEING OF WOOL AND FUR; AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF COLOURS[100]
INDEX[117]


THE CHEMISTRY OF HAT MANUFACTURING


LECTURE I