CONTENTS


LECTURE PAGE

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