Finishing
Finishing Frocessim—woollen Cloths As They Come From The Loom Are Far From Being A Merchantable Article In The Ordinary Accepla Tion Of Tho Term. The Processes To Go Through Before The Soft, Lustrous, And Beautiful Finish Of The Fabrics With Which We Are Familiar Is Obtained Are Numerous And Almost ...
Fish Animal
Animal, Fish, And Insect Oils And Fats. Term " Blackfish" Is Very Promiscuously Applied By Whalers, And Includes The Common Black Whale Of The Australian Seas (bakena Australis), Physeter Microps, And P. Tursio, Besides The Pilot Whale (globioeephalus Svineval), The American G. Intermedias, And The Killer (g. Macrorhyneus) Of The ...
Floorcloth Fe
Floorcloth (fe. Toile Ciree ; Ger. Wachstuch, Wachsleinwancl). The Term " Floorcloth" Was Formerly Applied To Canvas Covered With Several Layers Of Paint ; But This Kind Of Floor Covering Is Now Specially Called "oilcloth," The Original Word Having Acquired A Much Wider Signification. Oilcloth, Although A Great Improvement Upon ...
Food Preservation
Food Preservation. The Art Of Preserving Food In A Fit Condition For Human Consumption Has Probably Occupied Men's Minds From Very Early Times ; But It Is Only Within Quite Recent Years That The Subject Has Attracted Scientific Attention, And Has Grown From A Domestic To A Commercial Scale. The ...
Fruit
Fruit (fa., Fruit ; Ger., Obst, Frucht). The Scope Of This Article Embraces Only The Chief Foreign Fruits Which Form Objects Of Commerce. The Extent Of This Commerce May Be Judged From The Fact That The Value Of Our Total Imports Of Fruit In 1879 Amounted To About 6,750,0001. The ...
Gallic Acid Fr
Gallic Acid. (fr. Acide Gallique ; Ger. Gallussaure.) Formula 07h805. This Acid Exists In Many Plants And Vegetables In Small Quantities, Hut It Is Usually Obtained From A Subatance Contained In Nut-galla Which Is Called "tannin." The Meet Simple Method Is To Submit Powdered Nut-galls To The Action Of The ...
Gas Coal Fr
Gas [coal] (fr., Gaz D La Houwe ; Ger., Steinkohlengas). In The Present Article, It Is Proposed To Give A Brief Resumd Of The Chemistry And General Physics Of The Manufacture And Purification Of Coal-gas, Avoiding, As Far As Possible, Descriptive Details Of The Mechanical Appliances By Which Such Manufacture ...
Gems Fr
Gems (fr., Gemmes, Pierres Fines ; Gut., Gemmen, Edelsteine). The Term " Gems" Or " Precious Stones," Is Applied To A Very Limited Number Of Minerals Con Spicuous For Their Brilliancy And Beauty Of Colour, And For Their Rarity And Durability. They Occur As Druses In Veins And Fissures In ...
General
General Considerations.—id This Brief Sketch Of The Art Of Calico-printing, One Vital Point Must Not Be Overlooked—the Influence Exerted Upon Colours By Their Juxtaposition To Others. It Is Nothing Uncommon To Find, Both In Printed Tissues And In Goods Where Many-eoloured Patterns Are Produced By Means Of The Jacquard Loom, ...
General Considerations
General Considerations. Improved Modes Of Extraction. Animal Fats.—one Of The Most Important Operations Under This Head Is The Manufacture Of Tallow And Lard From Animal Fats. The Process Is Usually Termed "rendering," As Applied To The Fats Themselves. These Fatty Matters Are Contained In Animal Tissue, Into Whose Composition Water ...
Glass Fr
Glass (fr., Terre ; Ger., Glas). Glass Is An Amorphous Mixture Of Various Silicates, Formed By The Fusion Of The Ingredients. There Are, Indeed, Certain Silicates Which Are Themselves Commonly Known As Glasses, And Resemble Glass In Appearance. Such Are The Potassic Tetra-silicate (fuch's Soluble Glass), And The Plumbic Sesqui-silicate. ...