"This is, in every respect, an altogether admirable, practical, clear and lucid treatise on the various and numerous branches of the great leather industry, of which it deals in an exhaustive, highly intelligent, workmanlike and scientific manner ... It is a handsome addition to every man's knowledge of his trade, whether he be a leading director of a large public company, or an industrious employee in the works, wishing to improve his services by the addition of his brains to his work." --_Shoe and Leather Trader._
"M. Villon writes as one having a very full knowledge of all branches of the subject, and in days when foreign competition has enforced on English manufacturers the importance of no longer being content with rule-of-thumb methods which have come down to them from their forefathers it certainly should be worth the while of English tanners to see what lessons they can learn from French practice, and French practice, we should imagine, could hardly have a better exponent than the author of this large volume." --_Western Daily Press and Bristol Times._
"At a time when all or nearly all our British industries are to a greater or less extent hampered by the pressure of continental and American competition, any hints that can be obtained as to the methods pursued by competitors must necessarily be of value ... That it will be of interest and value, not merely to English tanners, but to those associated with many kindred industrial branches, goes without saying ... As a work of reference the volume will be extremely useful in the trade, and where leisure affords sufficient opportunity a careful perusal and study of it would afford ample reward." --_Kettering Guardian._
"This is a very handsomely got up and elaborate work just issued by this well-known technical book-publishing firm ... When we say that the work consists of over 500 large pages with about 120 illustrations, and almost innumerable tables, it will be seen at once that we cannot attempt anything like an exhaustive _resume_ of its contents, and even if we did the details would be of little interest to our general readers, while those who are engaged in the leather industry will probably obtain the book for themselves--at least they would do well to do so.... Altogether the 'Treatise' has evidently been very carefully prepared, and by a man who thoroughly knows the subject, and hence it will be a very valuable technical book for English firms and workers.'--_Walsall Observer._
=Books on Pottery, Bricks, Tiles, Glass, etc.=
=THE MANUAL OF PRACTICAL POTTING.= Revised and Enlarged. Third Edition.
200 pp. 1901. Price 17s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 18s. 6d.; Other Countries, 20s.; strictly net.
=Contents.=
=Introduction.= The Rise and Progress of the Potter's Art.--Chapters I., =Bodies.= China and Porcelain Bodies, Parian Bodies, Semi-porcelain and Vitreous Bodies, Mortar Bodies, Earthenwares Granite and C.C. Bodies, Miscellaneous Bodies, Sagger and Crucible Clays, Coloured Bodies, Jasper Bodies, Coloured Bodies for Mosaic Painting, Encaustic Tile Bodies, Body Stains, Coloured Dips.--II., =Glazes.= China Glazes, Ironstone Glazes, Earthenware Glazes, Glazes without Lead, Miscellaneous Glazes, Coloured Glazes, Majolica Colours.--III., =Gold and Cold Colours.= Gold, Purple of Cassius, Marone and Ruby, Enamel Coloured Bases, Enamel Colour Fluxes, Enamel Colours, Mixed Enamel Colours, Antique and Vellum Enamel Colours, Underglaze Colours, Underglaze Colour Fluxes, Mixed Underglaze Colours, Flow Powders, Oils and Varnishes.--IV., =Means and Methods.= Reclamation of Waste Gold, The Use of Cobalt, Notes on Enamel Colours, Liquid or Bright Gold.--V., =Classification and Analysis.= Classification of Clay Ware, Lord Playfair's Analysis of Clays, The Markets of the World, Time and Scale of Firing, Weights of Potter's Material, Decorated Goods Count.--VI., Comparative Loss of Weight of Clays.--VII., Ground Felspar Calculations.--VIII., The Conversion of Slop Body Recipes into Dry Weight.--IX., The Cost of Prepared Earthenware Clay.--X., =Forms and Tables.= Articles of Apprenticeship, Manufacturer's Guide to Stocktaking, Table of Relative Values of Potter's Materials, Hourly Wages Table, Workman's Settling Table, Comparative Guide for Earthenware and China Manufacturers in the use of Slop Flint and Slop Stone, Foreign Terms applied to Earthenware and China Goods, Table for the Conversion of Metrical Weights and Measures on the Continent of South America. =Index.=
=CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY=: Being some Aspects of Technical Science as Applied to Pottery Manufacture. Edited by CHARLES F. BINNS. 100 pp. 1897. Price 12s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 13s. 6d.; Other Countries, 15s.; strictly net.
=Contents.=
Preface.--Introduction.--Chapters I., The Chemistry of Pottery.--II., Analysis and Synthesis.--III., Clays and their Components.--IV., The Biscuit Oven.--V., Pyrometry.--VI., Glazes and their Composition.--VII., Colours and Colour-making.--Index.
=RECIPES FOR FLINT GLASS MAKING.= By a British Glass Master and Mixer.
Sixty Recipes. Being Leaves from the Mixing Book of several experts in the Flint Glass Trade, containing up-to-date recipes and valuable information as to Crystal, Demi-crystal and Coloured Glass in its many varieties. It contains the recipes for cheap metal suited to pressing, blowing, etc., as well as the most costly crystal and ruby. British manufacturers have kept up the quality of this glass from the arrivals of the Venetians to Hungry Hill, Stourbridge, up to the present time.
The book also contains remarks as to the result of the metal as it left the pots by the respective metal mixers, taken from their own memoranda upon the originals. 1900. Price for United Kingdom, 10s. 6d.; Abroad.
15s.; United States, 84; strictly net.
=Contents.=
Ruby--Ruby from Copper--Flint for using with the Ruby for Coating--A German Metal --Cornelian, or Alabaster--Sapphire Blue--Crysophis--Opal--Turquoise Blue--Gold Colour --Dark Green--Green (common)--Green for Malachite--Blue for Malachite--Black for Melachite --Black--Common Canary Batch--Canary--White Opaque Glass--Sealing-wax Red --Flint--Flint Glass (Crystal and Demi)--Achromatic Glass--Paste Glass--White Enamel --Firestone--Dead White (for moons)--White Agate--Canary--Canary Enamel--Index.
=COLOURING AND DECORATION OF CERAMIC WARE.= By ALEX. BRONGNIART. With Notes and Additions by ALPHONSE SALVETAT. Translated from the French.
200 pp. 1898. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
=Contents.=
The Pastes, Bodies or Ceramic Articles Capable of being Decorated by Vitrifiable Colours--The Chemical Preparation of Vitrifiable Colours--Composition and Preparation of Vitrifiable Colours--The Oxides--Preparation of Oxides--Preparation of Chromates--Preparation of other Colours--Composition and Preparation of Fluxes--Muffle Colours--Recipes for Colours--Use of Metals--Lustres--Preparation and Application of Colours--Composition of Coloured Pastes--Underglaze Colours--Colours in the Glaze--Overglaze Colours--Painting in Vitrifiable Colours--Gilding--Burnishing--Printing--Enlarging and Reducing Gelatine Prints--Muffle Kilns for Vitrifiable Colours--Influence of the Material on the Colour--Changes Resulting from the Actions of the Fire--Alterations Resulting from the Colours--Alterations in Firing.
=HOW TO ANALYSE CLAY.= Practical Methods for Practical Men. By HOLDEN M.
ASHBY, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Harvey Medical College, U.S.A.
Twenty Illustrations. 1898. Price 2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.
=Contents.=
List of Apparatus--List of Atomic Weights--Use of Balance, and Burette, Sand Bath, and Water Bath--Dessicator--Drying Oven--Filtering--Fusion--Determination of Water, Organic Matter, Iron, Calcium, Alkalies, Limestone, Silica, Alumina, Magnesium, etc.--Mechanical Analysis--Rational Analysis--Standard Solutions--Volumetric Analysis--Standards for Clay Analysis--Sampling.
=ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY.= Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, Enamelled Terra-cottas, Ordinary and Incrusted Quarries, Stoneware Mosaics, Faiences and Architectural Stoneware. By LEON LOUVRE. With Five Plates. 950 Illustrations in the Text, and numerous estimates. 500 pp., royal 8vo.
1900. Translated from the French by K. H. BIRD, M.A., and W. MOORE BINNS. Price 15s.; India and Colonies, 16s.; Other Countries, 17s. 6d.; strictly net.
=Contents.=
Part I. =Plain Undecorated Pottery.=--Chapter I., Clays: -- 1, Classification, General Geological Remarks.--Classification, Origin, Locality; -- 2, General Properties and Composition: Physical Properties, Contraction, Analysis, Influence of Various Substances on the Properties of Clays; -- 3, Working of Clay-Pits--I. Open Pits: Extraction, Transport, Cost--II. Underground Pits--Mining Laws. Chapter II., Preparation of the Clay: Weathering, Mixing, Cleaning, Crushing and Pulverising--Crushing Cylinders and Mills, Pounding Machines--Damping: Damping Machines--Soaking, Shortening, Pugging: Horse and Steam Pug-Mills, Rolling Cylinders--Particulars of the Above Machines. Chapter III., Bricks: -- 1, Manufacture--(1) Hand and Machine Moulding,--I.
Machines Working by Compression: on Soft Clay, on Semi-Firm Clay, on Firm Clay, on Dry Clay.--II. Expression Machines: with Cylindrical Propellers, with Screw Propellers--Dies--Cutting-tables--Particulars of the Above Machines--General Remarks on the Choice of Machines--Types of Installations--Estimates--Plenishing, Hand and Steam Presses, Particulars--(2) Drying, by Exposure to Air, Without Shelter, and Under Sheds--Drying-rooms in Tiers, Closed Drying-rooms, in Tunnels, in Galleries--Detailed Estimates of the Various Drying-rooms, Comparison of Prices--Transport from the Machines to the Drying-rooms, Barrows, Trucks, Plain or with Shelves, Lifts--(3) Firing--I. In Clamps--II. In Intermittent Kilns. _A_, Open: _a_, using Wood; _b_ Coal; _b'_, in Clamps; _b"_, Flame--_B_, Closed: _c_, Direct Flame; _c'_, Rectangular; _c"_, Round; _d_, Reverberatory--III. Continuous Kilns: _C_, with Solid Fuel: Round Kiln, Rectangular Kiln, Chimneys (Plans and Estimates)--_D_, With Gas Fuel, Fillard Kiln (Plans and Estimates), Schneider Kiln (Plans and Estimates), Water-gas Kiln--Heat Production of the Kilns; -- 2, Dimensions, Shapes, Colours, Decoration, and Quality of Bricks--Hollow Bricks, Dimensions and Prices of Bricks, Various Shapes, Qualities--Various Hollow Bricks, Dimensions, Resistance, Qualities; -- 3, Applications --History--Asia, Africa, America, Europe: Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Turkish, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Architecture--Architecture of the Nineteenth Century: in Germany, England, Belgium, Spain, Holland, France, America--Use of Bricks--Walls, Arches, Pavements, Flues, Cornices--Facing with Coloured Bricks--Balustrades. Chapter IV., Tiles: -- 1, History; -- 2, Manufacture--(1) Moulding, by Hand, by Machinery: Preparation of the Clay, Soft Paste, Firm Paste, Hard Paste--Preparation of the Slabs, Transformation into Flat Tiles, into Jointed Tiles--Screw, Cam and Revolver Presses--Particulars of Tile-presses--(2) Drying--Planchettes, Shelves, Drying-barrows and Trucks--(3) Firing--Divided Kilns--Installation of Mechanical Tileworks--Estimates; -- 3, Shapes, Dimensions and Uses of the Principal Types of Tile--Ancient Tiles: Flat, Round, Roman, Flemish--Modern Tiles--With Vertical Interrupted Join: Gilardoni's, Martin's; Hooked, Boulet's Villa; with Vertical Continuous Join: Muller's, Alsace, Pantile--Foreign Tiles--Special Tiles--Ridge Tiles, Coping Tiles, Border Tiles, Frontons, Gutters, Antefixes, Membron, Angular--Roofing Accessories: Chimney-pots, Mitrons, Lanterns, Chimneys--Qualities of Tiles--Black Tiles--Stoneware Tiles--Particulars of Tiles. Chapter V., Pipes: I. Conduit Pipes--Manufacture--Moulding: Horizontal Machines, Vertical Machines, Worked by Hand and Steam--Particulars of these Machines--Drying--Firing--II. Chimney Flues--Ventiducts and "Boisseaux," "Waggons"--Particulars of these Products. Chapter VI., Quarries: 1, Plain Quarries of Ordinary Clay; 2, of Cleaned Clay--Machines, Cutting, Mixing, Polishing--Drying and Firing--Applications--Particulars of Quarries. Chapter VII., Terra-cotta: History--Manufacture--Application: Balustrades, Columns, Pilasters, Capitals, Friezes, Frontons, Medallions, Panels, Rose-windows, Ceilings--Appendix: Official Methods of Testing Terra-cottas.
Part II. =Made-up or Decorated Pottery.=--Chapter I., General Remarks on the Decoration of Pottery: Dips--Glazes: Composition, Colouring, Preparation, Harmony with Pastes--Special Processes of Decoration--Enamels, Opaque, Transparent, Colours, Underglaze, Overglaze--Other Processes: Crackling, Mottled, Flashing, Metallic Iridescence, Lustres. Chapter II., Glazed and Enamelled Bricks--History: Glazing--Enamelling--Applications: Ordinary Enamelled Bricks, Glazed Stoneware, Enamelled Stoneware--Enamelled Tiles. Chapter III., Decorated Quarries: I. Paving Quarries--1, Decorated with Dips--2, Stoneware: _A_, Fired to Stoneware: _a_, of Slag Base--Applications; _b_, of Melting Clay--Applications--_B_, Plain or Incrusted Stoneware; _a_, of Special Clay (Stoke-on-Trent)--Manufacture--Application--_b_, of Felspar Base--Colouring, Manufacture, Moulding, Drying, Firing--Applications.--II. Facing Quarries--1, in Faience--_A_, of Limestone Paste--_B_, of Silicious Paste--_C_, of Felspar Paste--Manufacture, Firing--2, of Glazed Stoneware--3, of Porcelain--Applications of Facing Quarries.--III. Stove Quarries--Preparation of the Pastes, Moulding, Firing, Enamelling, Decoration--Applications--Faiences for Fireplaces. Chapter IV., Architectural Decorated Pottery: -- 1, Faiences; -- 2, Stoneware; -- 3, Porcelain. Chapter V., Sanitary Pottery: Stoneware Pipes: Manufacture, Firing--Applications--Sinks--Applications--Urinals, Seats and Pans--Applications--Drinking-fountains, Washstands. Index.
=A TREATISE ON THE CERAMIC INDUSTRIES.=
A Complete Manual for Pottery, Tile and Brick Works. By EMILE BOURRY, Ingenieur des Arts et Manufactures. Translated from the French by WILTON P. RIX, Examiner in Pottery and Porcelain to the City and Guilds of London Technical Institute, Pottery Instructor to the Hanley School Board. Royal 8vo. 1901. Over 700 pp. Price 21s.; India and Colonies, 22s.; Other Countries, 23s. 6d.; strictly net.
=Contents.=
Part I., =General Pottery Methods.= Chapters I., Definition and History.
Definitions and Classification of Ceramic Products--Historic Summary of the Ceramic Art.--II., Raw Materials of Bodies. Clays: Pure Clay and Natural Clays--Various Raw Materials: Analogous to Clay--Agglomerative and Agglutinative--Opening--Fusible--Refractory--Trials of Raw Materials.--III., Plastic Bodies. Properties and Composition--Preparation of Raw Materials: Disaggregation--Purification--Preparation of Bodies: By Plastic Method--By Dry Method--By Liquid Method.--IV., Formation. Processes of Formation: Throwing--Expression--Moulding by Hand, on the Jolley, by Compression, by Slip Casting--Slapping--Slipping.--V., Drying. Drying of Bodies--Processes of Drying: By Evaporation--By Aeration--By Heating--By Ventilation--By Absorption.--VI., Glazes. Composition and Properties--Raw Materials--Manufacture and Application.--VII., Firing.
Properties of the Bodies and Glazes during Firing--Description of the Kilns--Working of the Kilns.--VIII., Decoration. Colouring Materials--Processes of Decoration.
Part II., =Special Pottery Methods.= Chapters IX., Terra Cottas.
Classification: Plain Ordinary, Hollow, Ornamental, Vitrified, and Light Bricks--Ordinary and Black Tiles--Paving Tiles--Pipes--Architectural Terra Cottas--Vases, Statues and Decorative Objects--Common Pottery--Pottery for Water and Filters--Tobacco Pipes--Lustre Ware--Properties and Tests for Terra Cottas.--X., Fireclay Goods.
Classification: Argillaceous, Aluminous, Carboniferous, Silicious and Basic Fireclay Goods--Fireclay Mortar (Pug)--Tests for Fireclay Goods.--XI. Faiences. Varnished Faiences--Enamelled Faiences--Silicious Faiences--Pipeclay Faiences--Pebble Work--Feldspathic Faiences--Composition, Processes of Manufacture and General Arrangements of Faience Potteries.--XII., Stoneware. Stoneware Properly So-called: Paving Tiles--Pipes--Sanitary Ware--Stoneware for Food Purposes and Chemical Productions--Architectural Stoneware--Vases, Statues and other Decorative Objects--Fine Stoneware.--XIII., Porcelain. Hard Porcelain for Table Ware and Decoration, for the Fire, for Electrical Conduits, for Mechanical Purposes; Architectural Porcelain, and Dull or Biscuit Porcelain--Soft Phosphated or English Porcelain--Soft Vitreous Porcelain, French and New Sevres--Argillaceous Soft or Seger's Porcelain--Dull Soft or Parian Porcelain--Dull Feldspathic Soft Porcelain.--=Index.=
=THE ART OF RIVETING GLASS, CHINA AND EARTHENWARE.= By J. HOWARTH.
Second Edition. 1900. Price 1s. net; by post, home or abroad, 1s. 1d.
=Contents.=
Tools and Materials Required--Wire Used for Rivets--Soldering Solution--Preparation for Drilling--Commencement of Drilling--Cementing--Preliminaries to Riveting--Rivets to Make--To Fix the Rivets--Through-and-through Rivets--Soldering--Tinning a Soldering-iron--Perforated Plates, Handles, etc.--Handles of Ewers, etc.--Vases and Comports--Marble and Alabaster Ware--Decorating--How to Loosen Fast Decanter Stoppers--China Cements.
=NOTES OF POTTERY CLAYS.= Their Distribution, Properties, Uses and Analyses of Ball Clays, China Clays and China Stone. By JAS. FAIRIE, F.G.S. 1901. 132 pp. Crown 8vo. Price 3s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 4s.; Other Countries, 4s. 6d.; strictly net.