THE
DYEING OF COTTON FABRICS

A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE DYER AND STUDENT

BY

FRANKLIN BEECH

PRACTICAL COLOURIST AND CHEMIST

ILLUSTRATED BY FORTY-FOUR ENGRAVINGS

LONDON
SCOTT, GREENWOOD & CO.
19 LUDGATE HILL, E.C.

1901

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PREFACE.

In writing this little book the author believes he is supplying a want which most Students and Dyers of Cotton Fabrics have felt—that of a small handbook clearly describing the various processes and operations of the great industry of dyeing Cotton.

The aim has not been to produce a very elaborate treatise but rather a book of a convenient size, and in order to do so it has been necessary to be brief and to omit many matters that would rightfully find a place in a larger treatise, but the author hopes that nothing of importance has been omitted. The most modern processes have been described in some detail; care has been taken to select those which experience shows to be thoroughly reliable and to give good results.

FRANKLIN BEECH.

May, 1901.