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Title: The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics
A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student

Author: Franklin Beech

Release Date: April 27, 2007 [EBook #21224]

Language: English

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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

[_All rights reserved_]

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._

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
STRUCTURE AND CHEMISTRY OF THE COTTON FIBRE 1
Action of Alkalies 6
Action of Acids on Cellulose 9
Action of Sulphuric Acid on Cotton 10
Action of Hydrochloric Acid 11
Action of Nitric Acid 12
Action of Oxidising Agents on Cellulose or Cotton 16

CHAPTER II.

SCOURING AND BLEACHING OF CO