Author: PARKER, R.G.
Title: The Control of Laundry Operations.
Description: Hendon: The British Launderers' Research Association, 1925. 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+.

Keywords: Parker Control Laundry Operations Science Washing Soap Soda Detergent Bleaches Sours Blues Starch White Coloured Woollens Stains Removal Steam Washing Machines Drying Corrosion Artificial Silks 47458 Laundry


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