Knitted
Knitted Fabrics—hosiery (fa. Bonneterie ; Ger. Strumpfwaaren, Wirkwaaren.) The Adoption Of Coverings For The Nether Limbs Was Undoubtedly One Of The Latest Developments Of The Clothier's Art. By What People The Custom Was First Introduced, Is Not Known; And It Is Equally Uncertain What Material Was First Employed For The ...
Lace Fe
Lace (fe., Dentelle ; Spitze). Lace-making Is The Most Artistic Of The Textile Industries, And Its Productions Have Always Been Regarded As An Especial Appanage Of The Wealthy And Luxurious Classes Of Society, Lace Is The Last Outcome Of The Development Of Those Arts Of Ornamentation Whose Chief Instrument Is ...
Leather
Leather (fa., Cuir ; Ger., Leder). The Manufacture Of Leather Is Of Very Considerable Importance, The Capital Invested In It In The United Kingdom Having Been Some Years Since Estimated At 30,000,000/. It Is, However, Very Difficult To Obtain Any Reliable Statistics On The Subject, The Trade Being Now Entirely ...
Linen Manufactures
Linen Manufactures (fa., Industrie &we•e, Liniere ; Ger., Leinenmanufactur). The Spinning And Weaving Of Flax Is Undoubtedly The Second, If Not The Oldest, Of The Textile Arts.' Evidence Of The Truth Of This Statement Abounds On Every Hand. The Phintings In The Tombs Of Upper Egypt, In Which The Processes ...
Local Variations And
Local Variations And Details.--t1108e Chiefly Worthy Of Notice Are The Following :— Afrioa.—some Very Fine Cocoa Has Been Sent From Monrovia, In Guinea, And Fetched The Highest Price Of Any In The Market. Bolivia.—the Cocoa Growing On The Banks Of The Marnor6 Is Equal, If Not Superior, To Maravilla Oar ...
Looal Details Of Culture
Looal Details Of Culture And Production.—the Chief Details Of The Local Variations From The General Modes Of Cultivation And Preparation Described Above, Together With Special Remarks On The Peculiarities Of Soil And Climate, And The Latest Available Returns Of The. Production, Of The Principal Coffee-growing Countries, Are As Follow :— ...
Madder
Madder Colours.—this Style Has For A Long Time Held The First Place, And Will Probably Maintain It, Though The Effects Are No Longer Obtained With Madder-root, But With Artificial Alizarine And Anthrapurpurine. On The Continent, It Is Generally Characterized As " Dyeing Mordants," Or "dyeing Upon Mordants,"—a Preferable Name, Since ...
Manufacture
Manufacture. —the Composition Of The Different Kinds Of Varnish May Now Be Considered. Then. Classification Is As Fullows :— Div. I.—natural Varnishes, Of The Chinese, Japanese, And Indian Types, Containing No Fixed Fatty Oils Nor Any Volatile Ingredients, Hut Drying By Oxidation At Ordinary Temperaturss, And Without Any Preparation By ...
Manures
Manures (fa., Engrais; Ger., Diinger). Every Plant Requires To Be Fed With Certain Substances, In Order To Attain Perfection. The Proportion Of Each Substance Needed By Different Plants Varies Considerably ; But The Subataneea Themselves Are The Same In Kind In Almost Every Case, And Consist Principally Of Nitrogen, Potash, ...
Matches
Matches (fa., Allutnettes ; Ger., Ziindho/zelien). The Manufacture Of Matches For Lighting Purposes Is Principally Divided Into Three Great Branches, Comprising The Ordinary Wooden Match Or " Lucifer "; " Vesuvians," Which Are Principally Used In The Open Air By Smokers; And " Vestas," In Which A Thin Wax Taper ...
Mechanical Treatment Of
Mechanical Treatment Of Cotton.—ae A Preliminary To B Detailed Description Of Tho Pro Cesses And Machinery Used In The Various Stages Of The Treatment Of Cotton, For The Production Of Yarn, And Afterwards Of Textiles, The Subject Will Be Rendered More Easily Intelligible By Drawing Up A Scheme Representative Of ...
Methods Of Preparation And
Methods Of Preparation And Manufacture.—the Anhydrous Acid May Be Dismissed Without Further Notice, Beyond Simply Stating That It May Be Prepared By The Action Of Acetyl Chloride Upon Potassium Or Sodium Acetate, Or By Heating One Of These Acetates With Benzoyl Chloride. For The Production Of The Ordinary Hydrated Acid, ...
Mineral Oils
Mineral Oils. Mineral Oils Include The Folhiwing Products :—peat-oils, Or The Hydrocarbons Which May Be Dis Tilled From Peat ; Shale-oils, Or Similar Bodies Obtainable From Bituminous Shales; Coal-tar-oils, Or Allied Products Of The Distillation Of The Tar Obtained In Making Illuminating-gas ; And, Most Im Portant By Far, The ...