CONTENTS.

Introduction

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DIVISION I.

CHAPTER I.

The Art of Dyeing in its Relation to Chemistry. 9

Water—Tests for Impurities, 10. Lime—Magnesia—Potash—Soda—Iron 1 —Arsenious and Arsenic Acids, 11. Organic Matter, 13.Boiler Incrustations, 14.

CHAPTER II.

Textile Fibres and Tissues made therefeom—Thickenings and

Plastic Mordants.

Mineral Fibres, 16. Mineral Thickenings—Vegetable Fibres—VegetableThickenings—Cellulose, 17.

CHAPTER III.

Cotton.21

Mummy Cloth, 21. Cotton Wax, 34. Fatty Acid from Cotton, 36.Colouring Matter, a, 37. Colouring Matter, b, 3g. Pedtic Acid, 40.

CHAPTER IV.

Bleaching . 44

Bleaching Muslins—Bleaching Cotton Stockings, 50. Bleaching CottonStockings Merino Shade, 51. Bleaching Cotton Stockings withTurkey-red Tops—Bleaching Raw Cotton in Small Quantities—TheContinuous Process of Bleaching, 52. Bleaching with otherChemical Agents, 56.