E-text prepared by Christine P. Travers, Jason Isbell, and the Project Gutenbert Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations and in which the index is linked to the corresponding pages. See 19985-h.htm or 19985-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/9/9/8/19985/19985-h/19985-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/9/9/8/19985/19985-h.zip) Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, and the original spelling has been retained. Page numbers have been included to allow the reader to use the index. Page numbers of pages previously only containing illustration (and now empty) are not shown. Illustrations placed in the middle of paragraphes have been moved, thus, their page numbers have changed. The illustration index has been corrected to match the new position of the illustrations. In chemical formulas a subscripted number is shown by an underscore followed by the number within curly brackets. Thus the formula for water is given as H_{2}O. Text enclosed by pound signs (#) was in bold face. Additional notes are at the end of the text. 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. (p. iii) 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. (p. v)