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1st edition. Being an Introduction to the Application of Scientific Principles to Laundry Processes. "The major portion of the book deals with laundry raw materials - water, soap, soda, bleaches, ...
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1st edition. Being an Introduction to the Application of Scientific Principles to Laundry Processes. "The major portion of the book deals with laundry raw materials - water, soap, soda, bleaches, etc - and with their cleansing power, and their effect upon the colour and purity of laundered goods. A section upon the mechanical aspects - steam, power, washing machines, etc - follows, and in the final chapters sundry information is given likely to be of service to launderers." (foreword). Pp.xii/245, black & white frontispiece + 41 figure illustrations, 11 charts and 25 tables, previous owner's laundry procedures to rear inner endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, sunning to spine and board edges. Scarce. G+.
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Publisher: Hendon: The British Launderers' Research Association, 1925.
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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