THE

DYEING OF WOOLLEN FABRICS

BY

FRANKLIN BEECH
PRACTICAL COLOURIST AND CHEMIST;
AUTHOR OF "THE DYEING OF COTTON FABRICS," ETC,

WITH THIRTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON
SCOTT, GREENWOOD & SON
8 BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL, E. C.

CANADA: THE COPP CLARK CO., LTD., TORONTO
UNITED STATES: D. VAN NOSTRAND CO., NEW YORK

1902

[All rights remain with Scott, Greenwood & Son.]

PREFACE.

In this little book the author has endeavoured to supply the dyer of woollen fabrics with a conveniently arranged handbook dealing with the various branches of the wool dyeing industry, and trusts that it will be found to meet the want which undoubtedly exists for such a book.

The text on which the book is based is expressed in the title "The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics," and in enlarging upon it the author has endeavoured to describe clearly and in some detail the various processes and operations generally, pointing out the principles involved and illustrating these by numerous recipes, showing the applications of a great variety of dyes in the production of the one thousand and one tints and shades the wool dyer is called upon to produce on the fabrics with which he is working. In pursuance of this plan nothing is said of the composition and properties of the various dyes, mordants, chemicals, etc., which are used. This is information every wool dyer should possess, but the author believes it is better dealt with in books devoted to Chemistry proper.
May, 1902.

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Fig.

 1. Microscopical Sketch of Wool Fibre.

 2. Kempy Wool Fibres.

 3. Sectional View of Wool Fibre.

 4. Wool Fibres Showing Action of Alkalies.

 5. Wool Fibres Showing Action of Acids.

 6. Wool Washing Machine.

 7. Wool Cloth Washing Machine.

 8. Woollen Cloth Washing Machine.

 9. Sulphur Bleach House.

10. Dyeing Tubs and Vat.

11. Section of Dye Vat.

12. Delahunty's Dyeing Machine.

13. Obermaier Dyeing Machine.

14. Holliday's Yarn Dyeing Machine.

15.