The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association

THE CHEMISTRY - OF - HAT MANUFACTURING - LECTURES DELIVERED BEFORE THE HAT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION - BY - WATSON SMITH, F.C.S., F.I.C. - THEN LECTURER IN CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE OWENS COLLEGE, MANCHESTER AND LECTURER OF THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY - REVISED AND EDITED - BY - ALBERT SHONK - WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

THE CHEMISTRY OF HAT MANUFACTURING

LECTURE I - TEXTILE FIBRES, PRINCIPALLY WOOL, FUR, AND HAIR

LECTURE II - TEXTILE FIBRES, PRINCIPALLY WOOL, FUR, AND HAIR—Continued

LECTURE III - WATER: ITS CHEMISTRY AND PROPERTIES; IMPURITIES AND THEIR ACTION; TESTS OF PURITY

LECTURE IV - WATER: ITS CHEMISTRY AND PROPERTIES; IMPURITIES AND THEIR ACTION; TESTS OF PURITY—Continued

LECTURE V - ACIDS AND ALKALIS

LECTURE VI - BORIC ACID, BORAX, SOAP

LECTURE VII - SHELLAC, WOOD SPIRIT, AND THE STIFFENING AND PROOFING PROCESS