Contents.

=The Manufacture of Conserves=--Introduction--The Causes of the Putrefaction of Food--The Chemical Composition of Foods--The Products of Decomposition--The Causes of Fermentation and Putrefaction-- Preservative Bodies--The Various Methods of Preserving Food--The Preservation of Animal Food--Preserving Meat by Means of Ice--The Preservation of Meat by Charcoal--Preservation of Meat by Drying--The Preservation of Meat by the Exclusion of Air--The Appert Method-- Preserving Flesh by Smoking--Quick Smoking--Preserving Meat with Salt--Quick Salting by Air Pressure--Quick Salting by Liquid Pressure--Gamgee's Method of Preserving Meat--The Preservation of Eggs--Preservation of White and Yolk of Egg--Milk Preservation-- Condensed Milk--The Preservation of Fat--Manufacture of Soup Tablets--Meat Biscuits--Extract of Beef--The Preservation of Vegetable Foods in General--Compressing Vegetables--Preservation of Vegetables by Appert's Method--The Preservation of Fruit--Preservation of Fruit by Storage--The Preservation of Fruit by Drying--Drying Fruit by Artificial Heat--Roasting Fruit--The Preservation of Fruit with Sugar--Boiled Preserved Fruit--The Preservation of Fruit in Spirit, Acetic Acid or Glycerine--Preservation of Fruit without Boiling--Jam Manufacture--The Manufacture of Fruit Jellies--The Making of Gelatine Jellies--The Manufacture of "Sulzen"--The Preservation of Fermented Beverages--=The Manufacture of Candies=--Introduction--The Manufacture of Candied Fruit--The Manufacture of Boiled Sugar and Caramel--The Candying of Fruit--Caramelised Fruit--The Manufacture of Sugar Sticks, or Barley Sugar--Bonbon Making--Fruit Drops--The Manufacture of Dragees--The Machinery and Appliances used in Candy Manufacture--Dyeing Candies and Bonbons--Essential Oils used in Candy Making--Fruit Essences--The Manufacture of Filled Bonbons, Liqueur Bonbons and Stamped Lozenges--Recipes for Jams and Jellies--Recipes for Bonbon Making--Dragees--Appendix--Index.

Dyeing Fancy Goods.

=THE ART OF DYEING AND STAINING MARBLE, ARTIFICIAL STONE, BONE, HORN, IVORY AND WOOD, AND OF IMITATING ALL SORTS OF WOOD.= A Practical Handbook for the Use of Joiners, Turners, Manufacturers of Fancy Goods, Stick and Umbrella Makers, Comb Makers, etc. Translated from the German of D. H.

SOXHLET, Technical Chemist. Crown 8vo. 168 pp. 1902. Price 5s.; India and Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; net.

Contents.

Mordants and Stains--Natural Dyes--Artificial Pigments--Coal Tar Dyes--Staining Marble and Artificial Stone--Dyeing, Bleaching and Imitation of Bone, Horn and Ivory--Imitation of Tortoisesh.e.l.l for Combs: Yellows, Dyeing Nuts--Ivory--Wood Dyeing--Imitation of Mahogany: Dark Walnut, Oak, Birch-Bark, Elder-Marquetry, Walnut, Walnut-Marquetry, Mahogany, Spanish Mahogany, Palisander and Rose Wood, Tortoisesh.e.l.l, Oak, Ebony, Pear Tree--Black Dyeing Processes with Penetrating Colours--Varnishes and Polishes: English Furniture Polish, Vienna Furniture Polish, Amber Varnish, Copal Varnish, Composition for Preserving Furniture--Index.

Lithography and Engraving.

=PRACTICAL LITHOGRAPHY.= By JOSEPH KIRKBRIDE. Demy 8vo. With Plates and Ill.u.s.trations.

[_In the press._

Contents.

Stones--Transfer Inks--Transfer Papers--Transfer Printing--Litho Press--Press Work--Machine Printing--Colour Printing--Subst.i.tutes for Lithographic Stones--Tin Plate Printing and Decoration-- Photo-Lithography.

=ENGRAVING FOR ILl.u.s.tRATION. HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL NOTES.= By J. KIRKBRIDE. 72 pp. Two Plates and Ill.u.s.trations. Crown 8vo. Price 2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.

Contents.

Its Inception--Wood Engraving--Metal Engraving--Engraving in England--Etching--Mezzotint--Photo-Process Engraving--The Engraver's Task--Appreciative Criticism--Index.

Bookbinding.

=PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING.= By PAUL ADAM. Translated from the German. Demy 8vo. With 129 Ill.u.s.trations.

[_In the press._

Contents.

Materials for Sewing and Pasting--Materials for Covering the Book-- Materials for Decorating and Finishing--Tools--General Preparatory Work--Sewing--Forwarding, Cutting, Rounding and Backing--Forwarding, Decoration of Edges and Headbanding--Boarding--Preparing the Cover --Work with the Blocking Press--Treatment of Sewn Books, Fastening in Covers, and Finishing Off--Handtooling and Other Decoration--Account Books--School Books, Mounting Maps, Drawings, etc.--Index.

Sugar Refining.

=THE TECHNOLOGY OF SUGAR=: Practical Treatise on the Modern Methods of Manufacture of Sugar from the Sugar Cane and Sugar Beet. By JOHN GEDDES MCINTOSH. Demy 8vo. 83 Ill.u.s.trations.

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Contents.

Chemistry of Sucrose, Lactose, Maltose, Glucose, Invert Sugar, etc.

--Purchase and a.n.a.lysis of Beets--Treatment of Beets--Diffusion-- Filtration--Concentration--Evaporation--=Sugar Cane=: Cultivation-- Milling--Diffusion--Sugar Refining--a.n.a.lysis of Raw Sugars--Chemistry of Mola.s.ses, etc.

New Textile Books.

(_See also pp. 19-24._)

=TEXTILE CALCULATIONS=, especially relating to Woollens. From the German of N. REISER. Thirty-four Ill.u.s.trations. Tables.

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Contents.

Calculating the Raw Material--Proportion of Different Grades of Wool to Furnish Mixture at a Given Price--Quant.i.ty to Produce a Given Length--Yarn Calculations--Yarn Number--Working Calculations-- Calculating the Reed Count--Cost of Weaving, etc.

=WATERPROOFING FABRICS AND MATERIALS.= By Dr. S. MICRZINSKI.

Twenty-nine Ill.u.s.trations.

[_In the press._

Contents.

Preparing the Fabrics--Impregnating the Fabrics--Drying--Paraffin--Cupric Oxide Ammonia--Size--Tannin--Metallic Oxides, etc.

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