Chapter VIII: Part II: , SYNTHESIS AND COMPOUNDS.--Science of Mixing--Bodies

Porcelain--Hard, Porcelain--Fritted Bodies, Porcelain--Raw Bodies,
Porcelain--Soft, Fritted Bodies, Raw Bodies, Stone Bodies, Ironstone,
Dry Bodies, Chemical Utensils, Fritted Jasper, Fritted Pearl, Fritted
Drab, Raw Chemical Utensils, Raw Stone, Raw Jasper, Raw Pearl, Raw
Mortar, Raw Drab, Raw Brown, Raw Fawn, Raw Cane, Raw Red Porous, Raw
Egyptian, Earthenware, Queen's Ware, Cream Colour, Blue and Fancy
Printed, Dipped and Mocha, Chalky, Rings, Stilts, etc.--Glazes:
Porcelain--Hard Fritted Porcelain--Soft Fritted Porcelain--Soft Raw,
Cream Colour Porcelain, Blue Printed Porcelain, Fritted Glazes,
Analysis of Fritt, Analysis of Glaze, Coloured Glazes, Dips, Smears
and Washes; Glasses: Flint Glass, Coloured Glasses, Artificial Garnet,
Artificial Emerald, Artificial Amethyst, Artificial Sapphire,
Artificial Opal, Plate Glass, Crown Glass, Broad Glass, Bottle Glass,
Phosphoric Glass, British Steel Glass, Glass-Staining and Painting,
Engraving on Glass, Dr. Faraday's Experiments--Colours: Colour Making,
Fluxes or Solvents, Components of the Colours; Reds, etc., from Gold,
Carmine or Rose Colour, Purple, Reds, etc., from Iron, Blues, Yellows,
Greens, Blacks, White, Silver for Burnishing, Gold for Burnishing,
Printer's Oil, Lustres.

TABLES OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES.

Glassware, Glass Staining and Painting.

RECIPES FOR FLINT GLASS MAKING. By a British Glass Master and Mixer. Sixty Recipes. Being Leaves from the Mixing Book of several experts in the Flint Glass Trade, containing up-to-date recipes and valuable information as to Crystal, Demi-crystal and Coloured Glass in its many varieties. It contains the recipes for cheap metal suited to pressing, blowing, etc., as well as the most costly crystal and ruby. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price for United Kingdom, 10s. 6d.; Abroad, 15s.; United States, $4; strictly net.

Contents.

Ruby--Ruby from Copper--Flint for using with the Ruby for Coating--A
German Metal--Cornelian, or Alabaster--Sapphire Blue--Crysophis--
Opal--Turquoise Blue--Gold Colour--Dark Green--Green (common)--Green
for Malachite--Blue for Malachite--Black for Malachite--Black--Common
Canary Batch--Canary--White Opaque Glass--Sealing-wax Red--Flint--
Flint Glass (Crystal and Demi)--Achromatic Glass--Paste Glass--White
Enamel--Firestone--Dead White (for moons)--White Agate--Canary--Canary
Enamel--Index.

A TREATISE ON THE ART OF GLASS PAINTING. Prefaced with a Review of Ancient Glass. By ERNEST R. SUFFLING. With One Coloured Plate and Thirty-seven Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 140 pp. 1902. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d. net.

Contents.

A Short History of Stained Glass--Designing Scale Drawings--Cartoons
and the Cut Line--Various Kinds of Glass Cutting for Windows--The
Colours and Brushes used in Glass Painting--Painting on Glass,
Dispersed Patterns--Diapered Patterns--Aciding--Firing--Fret Lead
Glazing--Index.

PAINTING ON GLASS AND PORCELAIN AND ENAMEL PAINTING. A Complete Introduction to the Preparation of all the Colours and Fluxes used for Painting on Porcelain, Enamel, Faïence and Stoneware, the Coloured Pastes and Coloured Glasses, together with a Minute Description of the Firing of Colours and Enamels. By FELIX HERMANN, Technical Chemist. With Eighteen Illustrations. 300 pp. Translated from the German second and enlarged Edition. 1897. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.

Contents.

History of Glass Painting--The Articles to be Painted: Glass,
Porcelain, Enamel, Stoneware, Faïence--Pigments: Metallic Pigments:
Antimony Oxide, Naples Yellow, Barium Chromate, Lead Chromate, Silver
Chloride, Chromic Oxide--Fluxes: Fluxes, Felspar, Quartz, Purifying
Quartz, Sedimentation, Quenching, Borax, Boracic Acid, Potassium and
Sodium Carbonates, Rocaille Flux--Preparation of the Colours for Glass
Painting--The Colour Pastes--The Coloured Glasses--Composition of the
Porcelain Colours--The Enamel Colours: Enamels for Artistic Work--
Metallic Ornamentation: Porcelain Gilding, Glass Gilding--Firing the
Colours: Remarks on Firing: Firing Colours on Glass, Firing Colours on
Porcelain; The Muffle--Accidents occasionally Supervening during the
Process of Firing--Remarks on the Different Methods of Painting on
Glass, Porcelain, etc.--Appendix: Cleaning Old Glass Paintings.

Paper Staining.

THE DYEING OF PAPER PULP. A Practical Treatise for the use of Papermakers, Paperstainers, Students and others. By JULIUS ERFURT, Manager of a Paper Mill. Translated into English and Edited with Additions by JULIUS HÜBNER, F.C.S., Lecturer on Papermaking at the Manchester Municipal Technical School. With Illustrations and 157 patterns of paper dyed in the pulp. Royal 8vo, 180 pp. 1901. Price 15s.; India and Colonies. 16s.; Other Countries, 20s.; strictly net. Limited edition.

Contents.

Behaviour of the Paper Fibres during the Process of Dyeing, Theory of
the Mordant--Colour Fixing Mediums (Mordants)--Influence of the
Quality of the Water Used--Inorganic Colours--Organic Colours--
Practical Application of the Coal Tar Colours according to their
Properties and their Behaviour towards the Different Paper Fibres--
Dyed Patterns on Various Pulp Mixtures--Dyeing to Shade--Index.

Enamelling on Metal.

ENAMELS AND ENAMELLING. For Enamel Makers, Workers in Gold and Silver, and Manufacturers of Objects of Art. By PAUL RANDAU. Translated from the German. With Sixteen Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 180 pp. 1900. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.

Contents.

Composition and Properties of Glass--Raw Materials for the Manufacture
of Enamels--Substances Added to Produce Opacity--Fluxes--Pigments--
Decolorising Agents--Testing the Raw Materials with the Blow-pipe
Flame--Subsidiary Materials--Preparing the Materials for Enamel
Making--Mixing the Materials--The Preparation of Technical Enamels,
The Enamel Mass--Appliances for Smelting the Enamel Mass--Smelting the
Charge--Composition of Enamel Masses--Composition of Masses for Ground
Enamels--Composition of Cover Enamels--Preparing the Articles for
Enamelling--Applying the Enamel--Firing the Ground Enamel--Applying
and Firing the Cover Enamel or Glaze--Repairing Defects in Enamelled
Ware--Enamelling Articles of Sheet Metal--Decorating Enamelled Ware--
Specialities in Enamelling--Dial-plate Enamelling--Enamels for
Artistic Purposes, Recipes for Enamels of Various Colours--Index.

THE ART OF ENAMELLING ON METAL. By W. NORMAN BROWN. Twenty-eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 60 pp. 1900. Price 2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.

Silk Manufacture.

SILK THROWING AND WASTE SILK SPINNING. By HOLLINS RAYNER. Demy 8vo. 170 pp. 117 Illus. 1903. Price 5s.; Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; strictly net.

Contents.

The Silkworm--Cocoon Reeling and Qualities of Silk--Silk Throwing--
Silk Wastes--The Preparation of Silk Waste for Degumming--Silk Waste
Degumming, Schapping and Discharging--The Opening and Dressing of
Wastes--Silk Waste "Drawing" or "Preparing" Machinery--Long
Spinning--Short Spinning--Spinning and Finishing Processes--
Utilisation of Waste Products--Noil Spinning--Exhaust Noil Spinning.

Books on Textile and Dyeing Subjects.

THE CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY OF TEXTILE FIBRES: Their Origin, Structure, Preparation, Washing, Bleaching, Dyeing, Printing and Dressing. By Dr. GEORG VON GEORGIEVICS. Translated from the German by CHARLES SALTER. 320 pp. Forty-seven Illustrations. Royal 8vo. 1902. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s. net.

Contents.

The Textile Fibres--Washing, Bleaching, Carbonising--Mordants and
Mordanting--Dyeing--Printing--Dressing and Finishing.

POWER-LOOM WEAVING AND YARN NUMBERING, According to Various Systems, with Conversion Tables. Translated from the German of ANTHON GRUNER. With Twenty-six Diagrams in Colours. 150 pp. 1900. Crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

Contents.

Power-Loom Weaving in General. Various Systems of Looms--Mounting and
Starting the Power-Loom. English Looms--Tappet or Treadle Looms--
Dobbies--General Remarks on the Numbering, Reeling and Packing of
Yarn--Appendix--Useful Hints. Calculating Warps--Weft Calculations--
Calculations of Cost Price in Hanks.

TEXTILE RAW MATERIALS AND THEIR CONVERSION INTO YARNS. (The Study of the Raw Materials and the Technology of the Spinning Process.) By JULIUS ZIPSER. Translated from German by CHARLES SALTER. 302 Illustrations. 500 pp. Demy 8vo. 1901. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.

Contents.

PART I.--The Raw Materials Used in the Textile Industry.

MINERAL RAW MATERIALS. VEGETABLE RAW MATERIALS. ANIMAL RAW MATERIALS.