Chapter X: Part III: Spinning Animal Raw Materials

Spinning Carded Woollen Yarn--Finishing Yarn--Worsted Spinning--
Finishing Worsted Yarn--Artificial Wool or Shoddy Spinning--Shoddy and
Mungo Manufacture--Spinning Shoddy and other Wool Substitutes--
Spinning Waste Silk--Chappe Silk--Fine Spinning--Index.

THE TECHNICAL TESTING OF YARNS AND TEXTILE FABRICS. With Reference to Official Specifications. Translated from the German of Dr. J. HERZFELD. Second Edition. Sixty-nine Illustrations. 200 pp. Demy 8vo. 1902. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.

Contents.

Yarn Testing. Determining the Yarn Number--Testing the Length of
Yarns--Examination of the External Appearance of Yarn--Determining the
Twist of Yarn and Twist--Determination of Tensile Strength and
Elasticity--Estimating the Percentage of Fat in Yarn--Determination of
Moisture (Conditioning)--Appendix.

DECORATIVE AND FANCY TEXTILE FABRICS. By R. T. LORD. Manufacturers and Designers of Carpets, Damask Dress and all Textile Fabrics. 200 pp. 1898. Demy 8vo. 132 Designs and Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

Contents.

A Few Hints on Designing Ornamental Textile Fabrics--A Few Hints on
Designing Ornamental Textile Fabrics (continued)--A Few Hints on
Designing Ornamental Textile Fabrics (continued)--A Few Hints on
Designing Ornamental Textile Fabrics (continued)--Hints for
Ruled-paper Draughtsmen--The Jacquard Machine--Brussels and Wilton
Carpets--Tapestry Carpets--Ingrain Carpets--Axminster Carpets--Damask
and Tapestry Fabrics--Scarf Silks and Ribbons--Silk Handkerchiefs--
Dress Fabrics--Mantle Cloths--Figured Plush--Bed Quilts--Calico
Printing.

THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DAMASK WEAVING. By H. KINZER and K. WALTER. Royal 8vo. Eighteen Folding Plates. Six Illustrations. Translated from the German. 110 pp. 1903. Price 8s. 6d.; Colonies, 9s.; Other Countries, 9s. 6d.; strictly net.

Contents.

The Various Sorts of Damask Fabrics--Drill (Ticking, Handloom-made)--
Whole Damask for Tablecloths--Damask with Ground- and Connecting-warp
Threads--Furniture Damask--Lampas or Hangings--Church Damasks--The
Manufacture of Whole Damask--Damask Arrangement with and without
Cross-Shedding--The Altered Cone-arrangement--The Principle of the
Corner Lifting Cord--The Roller Principle--The Combination of the
Jacquard with the so-called Damask Machine--The Special Damask
Machine--The Combination of Two Tyings.

FAULTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN GOODS AND THEIR PREVENTION. By NICOLAS REISER. Translated from the Second German Edition. Crown 8vo. Sixty-three Illustrations. 170 pp. 1903. Price 5s.; Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; strictly net.

Contents.

Improperly Chosen Raw Material or Improper Mixtures--Wrong Treatment
of the Material in Washing, Carbonisation, Drying, Dyeing and
Spinning--Improper Spacing of the Goods in the Loom--Wrong Placing of
Colours--Wrong Weight or Width of the Goods--Breaking of Warp and Weft
Threads--Presence of Doubles, Singles, Thick, Loose, and too Hard
Twisted Threads as well as Tangles, Thick Knots and the Like--Errors
in Cross-weaving--Inequalities, i.e., Bands and Stripes--Dirty
Borders--Defective Selvedges--Holes and Buttons--Rubbed Places--
Creases--Spots--Loose and Bad Colours--Badly Dyed Selvedges--Hard
Goods--Brittle Goods--Uneven Goods--Removal of Bands, Stripes, Creases
and Spots.

SPINNING AND WEAVING CALCULATIONS, especially relating to Woollens. From the German of N. REISER. Thirty-four Illustrations. Tables. 170 pp. Demy 8vo. 1904. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.

Contents.

Calculating the Raw Material--Proportion of Different Grades of Wool
to Furnish a Mixture at a Given Price--Quantity to Produce a Given
Length--Yarn Calculations--Yarn Number--Working Calculations--
Calculating the Reed Count--Cost of Weaving, etc.

WATERPROOFING OF FABRICS. By Dr. S. MIERZINSKI. Crown 8vo. 104 pp. 29 Illus. 1903. Price 5s.; Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; strictly net.

Contents.

Introduction--Preliminary Treatment of the Fabric--Waterproofing with
Acetate of Alumina--Impregnation of the Fabric--Drying--Waterproofing
with Paraffin--Waterproofing with Ammonium Cuprate--Waterproofing with
Metallic Oxides--Coloured Waterproof Fabrics--Waterproofing with
Gelatine, Tannin, Caseinate of Lime and other Bodies--Manufacture of
Tarpaulin--British Waterproofing Patents--Index.

HOW TO MAKE A WOOLLEN MILL PAY. By JOHN MACKIE. Crown 8vo. 76 pp. 1904. Price 3s. 6d.; Colonies, 4s.; Other Countries, 4s. 6d.; net.

Contents.

Blends, Piles, or Mixtures of Clean Scoured Wools--Dyed Wool Book--The
Order Book--Pattern Duplicate Books--Management and Oversight--
Constant Inspection of Mill Departments--Importance of Delivering
Goods to Time, Shade, Strength, etc.--Plums.

(_For "Textile Soaps" see p. 7._)

Dyeing, Colour Printing, Matching and Dye-stuffs.

THE COLOUR PRINTING OF CARPET YARNS. Manual for Colour Chemists and Textile Printers. By DAVID PATERSON, F.C.S. Seventeen Illustrations. 136 pp. Demy 8vo. 1900. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

Contents.

Structure and Constitution of Wool Fibre--Yarn Scouring--Scouring
Materials--Water for Scouring--Bleaching Carpet Yarns--Colour Making
for Yarn Printing--Colour Printing Pastes--Colour Recipes for Yarn
Printing--Science of Colour Mixing--Matching of Colours--"Hank"
Printing--Printing Tapestry Carpet Yarns--Yarn Printing--Steaming
Printed Yarns--Washing of Steamed Yarns--Aniline Colours Suitable for
Yarn Printing--Glossary of Dyes and Dye-wares used in Wood Yarn
Printing--Appendix.

THE SCIENCE OF COLOUR MIXING. A Manual intended for the use of Dyers, Calico Printers and Colour Chemists. By DAVID PATERSON, F.C.S. Forty-one Illustrations, Five Coloured Plates, and Four Plates showing Eleven Dyed Specimens of Fabrics. 132 pp. Demy 8vo. 1900. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

Contents.

Colour a Sensation; Colours of Illuminated Bodies; Colours of Opaque
and Transparent Bodies; Surface Colour--Analysis of Light; Spectrum;
Homogeneous Colours; Ready Method of Obtaining a Spectrum--Examination
of Solar Spectrum; The Spectroscope and Its Construction; Colourists'
Use of the Spectroscope--Colour by Absorption; Solutions and Dyed
Fabrics; Dichroic Coloured Fabrics in Gaslight--Colour Primaries of
the Scientist _versus_ the Dyer and Artist; Colour Mixing by Rotation
and Lye Dyeing; Hue, Purity, Brightness; Tints; Shades, Scales, Tones,
Sad and Sombre Colours--Colour Mixing; Pure and Impure Greens, Orange
and Violets; Large Variety of Shades from few Colours; Consideration
of the Practical Primaries: Red, Yellow and Blue--Secondary Colours;
Nomenclature of Violet and Purple Group; Tints and Shades of Violet;
Changes in Artificial Light--Tertiary Shades; Broken Hues; Absorption
Spectra of Tertiary Shades--Appendix: Four Plates with Dyed Specimens
Illustrating Text--Index.

DYERS' MATERIALS: An Introduction to the Examination, Evaluation and Application of the most important Substances used in Dyeing, Printing, Bleaching and Finishing. By PAUL HEERMAN, Ph.D. Translated from the German by A. C. WRIGHT, M.A. (Oxon.), B.Sc. (Lond.). Twenty-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 150 pp. 1901. Price 5s.; India and Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; strictly net.

COLOUR MATCHING ON TEXTILES. A Manual intended for the use of Students of Colour Chemistry, Dyeing and Textile Printing. By DAVID PATERSON, F.C.S. Coloured Frontispiece. Twenty-nine Illustrations and Fourteen Specimens of Dyed Fabrics. Demy 8vo. 132 pp. 1901. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

Contents.

Colour Vision and Structure of the Eye--Perception of Colour--Primary
and Complementary Colour Sensations--Daylight for Colour Matching--
Selection of a Good Pure Light--Diffused Daylight, Direct Sunlight,
Blue Skylight, Variability of Daylight, etc., etc.--Matching of Hues--
Purity and Luminosity of Colours--Matching Bright Hues--Aid of Tinted
Films--Matching Difficulties Arising from Contrast--Examination of
Colours by Reflected and Transmitted Lights--Effect of Lustre and
Transparency of Fibres in Colour Matching--Matching of Colours on
Velvet Pile--Optical Properties of Dye-stuffs Dichroism,
Fluorescence--Use of Tinted Mediums--Orange Film--Defects of the Eye--
Yellowing of the Lens--Colour Blindness, etc.--Matching of Dyed Silk
Trimmings and Linings and Bindings--Its Difficulties--Behaviour of
Shades in Artificial Light--Colour Matching of Old Fabrics, etc.--
Examination of Dyed Colours under the Artificial Lights--Electric Arc,
Magnesium and Dufton, Gardner Lights, Welsbach, Acetylene, etc.--
Testing Qualities of an Illuminant--Influence of the Absorption
Spectrum in Changes of Hue under the Artificial Lights--Study of the
Causes of Abnormal Modifications of Hue, etc.

COLOUR: A HANDBOOK OF THE THEORY OF COLOUR. By GEORGE H. HURST, F.C.S. With Ten Coloured Plates and Seventy-two Illustrations. 160 pp. Demy 8vo. 1900. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

Contents.

Colour and its Production--Cause of Colour in Coloured Bodies--Colour
Phenomena and Theories--The Physiology of Light--Contrast--Colour in
Decoration and Design--Measurement of Colour.

Reissue of THE ART OF DYEING WOOL, SILK AND COTTON. Translated from the French of M. HELLOT, M. MACQUER and M. LE PILEUR D'APLIGNY. First Published in English in 1789. Six Plates. Demy 8vo. 446 pp. 1901. Price 5s.; India and Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; strictly net.

Contents.