The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics

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.