Textiles

About this eBook

Author

Dooley, William H. (William Henry), 1880-1944

Title

Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades

Credits

E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Sam W., and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

TS: Technology: Manufactures

Subject

Textile fabrics

Category

Text

eBook-No.

24077

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24077

Release Date

December 30, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TEXTILES
2. 2.WILLIAM H. DOOLEY — REVISED EDITION WITH EXPERIMENTS
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS — TEXTILES
5. 5.FIBERS — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.WOOL SORTING — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.WOOL SUBSTITUTES AND WASTE PRODUCTS
8. 8.WORSTED YARNS — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.WOOLEN YARN
10. 10.WEAVING
11. 11.DYEING AND FINISHING — FOOTNOTE:
12. 12.WOOLEN AND WORSTED FABRICS [15] — FOOTNOTE:
13. 13.COTTON
14. 14.MANUFACTURE OF COTTON YARN
15. 15.THREAD AND COTTON FINISHING
16. 16.KNITTING
17. 17.LACE — LACE TERMS DEFINED
18. 18.COTTON FABRICS [16] — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.FLAX — MANUFACTURED LINENS — FOOTNOTE:
20. 20.HEMP
21. 21.SILK
22. 22.PRINCIPAL SILK FABRICS
23. 23.ARTIFICIAL SILK
24. 24.SUBSTITUTES FOR COTTON
25. 25.APPENDIX — History of Textiles — History of the Organization of Textile Industries — History of Manufacturing — History of Lace — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.EXPERIMENTS — Experiment 1—Construction of Cloth — Directions — Questions — Experiment 2—Plain or Homespun Weave — Directions — Questions — Experiment 3—Twill Weave — Directions — Questions — Experiment 4—Comparison of Plain and Twill Weave — Directions — Questions — Experiment 5—Pile Weave — Directions — Questions — Experiment 6—Other Classes of Weave — Satin Weave — Gauze Weave — Lappet Weave — Jacquard Weave — Double Cloth Weave — Classes of Weave — Experiment 7—Fibers — Directions — Questions — Experiment 8—Wool Fiber — Directions — Questions — Experiment 9—Mohair Fiber — Directions — Questions — Experiment 10—Cotton Fiber — Directions — Questions — Experiment 11—Silk Fiber — Directions — Questions — Experiment 12—Linen Fiber — Directions — Questions — Experiment 13—Carding — Directions — Questions — Experiment 14—Drawing and Spinning — Directions — Questions — Experiment 15—Gilling and Combing — Directions — Questions — Experiment 16—Raw Wool to Yarn — Directions — Questions — Experiment 17—Difference between Woolen and Worsted Yarn — Directions — Experiment 18—Burling and Mending — Directions — Questions — Experiment 19—Removal of Stains — Grease Spots on Heavy Goods that cannot be Laundered — Removal of Grease and Blood — Removal of Wheel Grease and Lubricants on Fine Fabrics — Removal of Acids — Removal of Blood — Questions — Experiment 20—Dyeing Wool — Directions — Experiment 21—Dyeing Cotton — Directions — Experiment 22—Weighting Silk.—Affinity of Metallic Salts for Silk — Directions — Experiment 23—Dyeing Silk — Directions — Experiment 24—Test to Distinguish Piece-Dyed from Yarn-Dyed Fabric — Directions — Questions — Experiment 25—Test to Distinguish Dyed from Printed Fabrics — Questions — Experiment 26—Bleaching by Sulphur Dioxide — Questions — Experiment 27—Bleaching by Bleaching Powder — Directions — Experiment 30—Determining Style of Weave — Experiment 31—Determining the Size of Yarn — Experiment 32—Test for Twist in Yarn — Experiment 33—Determining the Direction of Warp and Filling — Experiment 34—Determining the Density of a Fabric — Directions — Experiment 35—Determining Weight — Directions — Experiment 36—Determining Shrinkage — Directions — Experiment 37—Test of Fastness [28] of Color under Washing — Directions — Questions — Experiment 38—Test of Fastness of Color under Friction — Directions — Questions — Experiment 39—Test of Fastness of Color against Rain — Directions — Experiment 40—Test of Fastness of Color in Sunlight — Directions — Experiment 41—Test of Fastness of Color to Weather, Light, and Air — Directions — Experiment 42—Test of Fastness of Color against Street Mud and Dust — Experiment 43—Testing Rubberized Fabrics — Experiment 44—Test for Vegetable and Animal Fiber — Directions — Questions — Experiment 45—Difference between Cotton and Linen Fabrics — Experiment 46—Test to Distinguish Artificial Silk from Silk — Experiment 47—Test to Distinguish Silk from Wool — Experiment 48—Test to Distinguish Cotton from Linen — Directions — Experiment 49—Test of Fabric to Withstand Ironing and Pressing — Directions — Questions — Experiment 50—Test of Fabric to Withstand Perspiration — Directions — Questions — Experiment 51—Test for Determining Dressing — Directions — Experiment 52—Testing the Strength of Cloth — Directions — Experiment 53—Characteristics of a Knitted Fabric — Directions — Experiment 54—Experiment to Illustrate Imperfections in Hosiery — Experiment 55—Characteristics of a Crochet Fabric — Directions — Experiment 56—Characteristics of a Good Piece of Cotton Cloth — Directions — Experiment 57—Characteristics of a Good Piece of Woolen Cloth — Directions — Experiment 58—Characteristics of a Good Piece of Worsted Cloth — Directions — Experiment 59—Characteristics of a Good Silk Fabric — Experiment 60—How to Determine the Count of Yarn in Cloth — Experiment 61—Study of Fabrics — Experiment 62—How to Examine a Fabric — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.SOURCES OF SUPPLY — Catalogues of Cotton Machinery — Standard Textile Papers — Wool, Cotton, and Silk Samples — Woolen Yarns — Catalogue of Woolen and Worsted Machinery — Knitting Machinery
28. 28.INDEX
29. 29.ADVERTISEMENTS — Elementary Science. — Science. — Mathematics. — Drawing and Manual Training. — Higher English. — Monographs on English. — Heath’s English Classics.

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