Practical dry cleaner, scourer and garment dryer

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911. Excerpt: ... INDEX. ACETIC acid, 76 reduction with, 121 ether, 72 Aceto-oxalic acid, 109, no Acetone, 72 Ac1d dye-stuffs, dying furs with, 221, 222 wool with, 304 oxalate, 8a sta1ns, 87, 104 Alcohol, 71, 72 Alkal1, anhydrous extract of, 15 Alum for fire-proof1ng fabrics, 208 Ammonia, 72, 73, 117 as a fire-extinguishing agent, 24 in water, teat tor, 140 soap, 84, 85 Analysis of text1le fabrics, 327-341 Anhydrous extract of alkal1, 15 An1line color stains, 107 colors, stripping, 320, 321 Animal and vegetable fibers, table of re-actions of, 340 fibers, analys1s of, 331 Ant1benzinpyrin, 8, 9, 10 Antimacassars, wash1ng of, 173-175 Apvnne starch, 210 Art1fic1al pet fume sta1ns, i11, 112 s1lk, &nalvsis of, 329 Axle grease stains, 74 BAND block, 268 Barege garments, washing of, 156 Basic dye-stuff, dye1ne wool with, 305 Beer sta1ns. 98, 103, 128 Benz1ne, 6, 7 addition of soap to, 26 and carbon tetrachloride, mixture of. 20 cleaning establishment, designing and construct1on of, 22, 23 deodorizaticn of, 54, 55 dirtv, plant tor collect1ng and redis-t1ll1ng, 56-58 discovery of the detergent properties of, 1 distinction of, from benzol, 16 explosion ot, 21 filtering of, 52, 53 gelatinized, 97, 98 heavy, 35 mixture of, with other spotting; agents, 73, 74 oleates soluble in, 8 1 Cloth coats, ladies', cleaning of, 51 watsr-proofing of, 207 I Clutch, electric, 265 1 Coats, ladies' cloth, cleaning of, 51 Coffee stains, 74, 98, 102. 103, 128, 134 Colored articles, behavior of oxygenol to-wards, 14, 135 fab1ics, behavior of hydrogen perox-ide towards, 130-133 Colors, str1pping, from garments and fabrics, 320 326 freshen1ng of, 153 Combination curl1ng shackle, 267 I Cones for drying, 189 Copil stains. 65, 66 Corsets, washing of, 151 Cotton and linen garments conta1ning jute, dyeing, 318. ...