CHAPTER VIII.

EXPERIMENTAL DYEING AND COMPARATIVE DYE TESTING............ 211

CHAPTER IX.

TESTING OF THE COLOUR OF DYED FABRICS...................... 218

INDEX...................................................... 225

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. (p. vii)

Fig. Page

1. Microscopical Sketch of Wool Fibre....................... 2

2. Kempy Wool Fibres........................................ 3

3. Sectional View of Wool Fibre............................. 4

4. Wool Fibres Showing Action of Alkalies.................. 10

5. Wool Fibres Showing Action of Acids..................... 11

6. Wool Washing Machine.................................... 20

7. Wool Cloth Washing Machine.............................. 28

8. Woollen Cloth Washing Machine........................... 29

9. Sulphur Bleach House.................................... 29

10. Dyeing Tubs and Vat..................................... 41

11. Section of Dye Vat...................................... 42

12. Delahunty's Dyeing Machine.............................. 44

13. Obermaier Dyeing Machine................................ 44

14. Holliday's Yarn Dyeing Machine.......................... 47

15. Klauder-Weldon Yarn Dyeing Machine...................... 47

16. Dyeing Jiggers for Cloth................................ 51

17. Dyeing Jiggers for Cloth................................ 53

18. Jig Winch Dyeing Machine................................ 53

19. Cloth Dyeing Machine.................................... 54

20. Plush Fabric Dyeing Machine............................. 55

21. Dye Beck for Cloth...................................... 56

22. Hawking Machine......................................... 57

23. Indigo Dye Vat for Cloth............................... 149

24. Squeezing Rollers...................................... 199

25. Yarn Washing Machine................................... 201

26. Cloth Washing Machine.................................. 202 (p. viii)

27. Cloth Washing Machine.................................. 204

28. Soaping and Washing Machine............................ 205

29. Hydro-extractor........................................ 206

30. Hydro-extractor........................................ 207

31. Yarn Drying Apparatus.................................. 208

32. Cloth Drying M