American Soap Maker's Guide

Ex-library. Abrasions to endpapers where library labels have been removed. Split to gutter at title page. White-out over library markings on copyright page. ; UK edition. Third edition. xi, [1], 709, [1 (blank)] pages + tipped-in Publisher's Note. Rebound in brown cloth boards with tile lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 229 x 151mm. Illustrated. Title continues: "An up to date treatise on the art and science of the manufacture of soaps, candles and allied toilet preparations [. . .] The Most Complete and Exhaustive Book in the English Language. Partly Based on Brannt's Soapmaker's Hand Book". Tipped in Publishers' Note at Contents page: "We wish to state that the material contained in Chapters xxvii and xxviii is based mainly on work contained in PERFUMES, COSMETICS AND SOAPS, Volume 2, by W. A. Poucher [. . .]" With a Preface to the Third Edition by I. V. Stanley Stanislaus and P. B. Meerbott, dated New York, November, 1928. The first edition (1888), by William T. Brannt, was titled "A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap and Candles". The second edition (1912) was titled "The Soap Maker's Hand Book". Contents: Historical Review; Raw Materials Used in the Manufacture of Soap; Modern Views on Soap; Occurrence and Manner of Obtaining and Purifying Fats and Oils - Fat Rendering; Manufacture and Uses of Sulphonated Oils and the Hydrogenation of Oils; Substitutes for the Higher Fatty Acids and Soaps; Examination of Fats and Oils; Fats, Oils, Fatty Acids and Rosin Used in the Manufacture of Soap; General Tests for Determining the Purity of Oils; Alkalis; Testing of Soda and Potash; Auxiliary Raw Materials; Machines and Utensils for the Manufacture of Soap; Production of Soaps; Hard Soaps; Hard Soaps (Continued). Semi-Boiled Soaps; Domestic Soaps by the Cold Process and Semi-Warm Process; Soft Soaps; Textile Soaps; Washing Powders and Allied Products; Toilet Soaps; Testing Soaps; Volatile Oils and Other Materials Used for Perfuming Soaps; Artificial Perfues and Proximate Principles of Plants; Art of Perfuming Soaps; Candles; Cold Creams, Massage Creams and Facial Lotions; Dental Preparations: Solid, Semi-Solid and Liquid; Useful Tables.

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Publisher: Chapman & Hall

Year: 1929

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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