Elementary treatise on the finishing of white, dyed, and printed cotton goods . ess of the »Traite des apprets«which ran completely through one edition within12 months, and also of the German edition, in-duced us to translate and publish in English, thepresent carefully revised work. Although the English technical publicationsgive very often valuable information, still the newand interesting facts set forth in the present vol-ume, and which we do not think have ever beenpublished before, gave us reason to suppose thatthe work would prove highly interesting andof service to those engaged in the
Elementary treatise on the finishing of white, dyed, and printed cotton goods . ess of the »Traite des apprets«which ran completely through one edition within12 months, and also of the German edition, in-duced us to translate and publish in English, thepresent carefully revised work. Although the English technical publicationsgive very often valuable information, still the newand interesting facts set forth in the present vol-ume, and which we do not think have ever beenpublished before, gave us reason to suppose thatthe work would prove highly interesting andof service to those engaged in the branchesdealt with , and who might not be conversantwith the French language or continental methods offinishing. We wish our readers to bear in mindthat the work is a translation, and although insome instances we have anglicised a few phrases,we have endeavoured to keep as much as possible to the original, and in conclusion trust that thework may meet with the same hearty receptionand generous support as has been accorded to theFrench and German editions. MANCHESTER ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE FINISHING OF WHITE, DYED AND PRINTED COTTON GOODS. FIRST PART. FINISHING IN GENERAL. CHAPTER I. DEFINITION OF FINISHING-DIFFERENT STYLES OF FINISHES. The generic name of finishing is given tothe preparatory and finishing operations, whichyarns and materials of all sorts undergo, accordingto their nature, their manufacture and the use towhich they are destined. Finishing may be considered as one of the bran-ches of the extensive manufacture of textile some cases it becomes the basis of a distinctindustry, with its special establishments works, fittedup with special machinery, for ultimately finishingthe materials of the manufacturer of cloth orprinted calico. The word »appret«, which is the French forfinishing, comes from the Latin word adparare, l - FINISHING IN GENERAL. and has only in our days acquired the significationwhich is given to it. It was primitively the s
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