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. 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. 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. 130 Illustrations.

[_In the press._

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=--Artificial Fibres--Mineral Fibres--Vegetable Fibres--Cellulose--Cotton--Bombax Cotton--Vegetable Silk--Flax--Hemp --Jute--Ramie, Rhea, China Grass, Nettle Fibre--Distinguishing Tests for the Various Fibres--Animal Fibres: Silk--Animal Hairs--Sheep's Wool--Goat Wool and Camel Wool--Artificial Wool (Wool Substitutes)-- Conditioning--=Washing, Bleaching, Carbonising=--Bleaching Agents-- Cotton Bleaching--Linen Bleaching--Jute Bleaching--Hemp Bleaching-- Ramie Bleaching--Scouring and Bleaching Silk--Washing and Bleaching Wool--Blueing or White Dyeing--Carbonising--=Mordants and Mordanting= --=Dyeing=--Combination of Colours: Dyeing to Pattern--Theory of Dyeing --Classification of Dye Stuffs: Methods of Dyeing--Application of Acid Dye Stuffs--Application of Basic Dye Stuffs--Application of Direct or Substantive Cotton Dyes--Application of the Mordant Dyes--Application of the Developing Dyes--Dyeing on a Manufacturing Scale: Selection of Dye Stuffs for Dyeing--Silk Dyeing--Wool Dyeing--Cotton Dyeing--Dyeing Mixed Fabrics--Sample Dyeings, Colorimetric Determinations, Reactions of Dye Stuffs on the Fibre, Tests for Fastness--=Printing=--Hand Printing--Calico Printing: Reproduction of Pattern by Direct Printing: Thickening Agents--Employment of Mordant Dye Stuffs, Basic, Albumin, Direct, Developing, Vat, Acid--Treatment of the Goods when Printed-- Combined Printing and Dyeing--Discharge Style Printing--Reserve Style Printing--Topping Printing--Wool Printing--Silk Printing--Printing Yarns, Warps, and Combed Sliver--=Dressing and Finishing=--Dressing and Finishing--Substances used in Finishing--Loading Ingredients-- Colouring for the Dressing Preparations--Metals or their Sulphites-- Waterproofing--Fireproofing--Antiseptics for Prevention of Mould-- Application of Dressings--Drying--Stretching--Finishing: Shearing, Damping, Calendering, Beetling, Moiré or Watered Effects, Stamping-- Finishing Woollens--Index.

=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.