CALDER, FANNY L. AND MANN, E.E.

A Teacher's Manual of Elementary Laundry Work.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1891. 1t edition. "There is no department of science which can be of more benefit to the public generally than the chemistry of common life, and that branch which is applied to the process of laundry work can be made extremely interesting to school girls if taught thoroughly and intelligently in connection with practical demonstration.." 17cms x 11cms. Pp.x/76, endpapers toned, slight toning to pages and a few minor spots but otherwise clean. Red illustrated cloth (showing a woman ironing) is a little rubbed and has uneven fading. Scarce. G+.** "Fanny Louisa Calder (1838-1923) was a pioneer of domestic science and was responsible for the Fanny Calder School of Domestic Science...She began running classes in 1874, which led to her eventually establishing her school based in St. Georges Hall in Liverpool. Her aim was to improve the diets and lifestyles of the people of Liverpool by teaching them how to cook and clean and look after themselves. With her progress in Liverpool, Fanny L. Calder wanted to promote women’s education throughout the UK and so worked with similar institutions in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Yorkshire, resulting in the 1876 formation of the Northern Union of Training Schools of Cookery. The women’s education movement founded its first national organisation in 1897, in which F.L. Calder played a fundamental role, the Association of Teachers of Domestic Science. Throughout her life F.L. Calder wrote numerous articles and letters about her mission of bringing domestic science into the education system whilst also promoting the distribution of affordable cookery books produced at the school. She also co-authored with the head teacher at the cookery school, E.E. Mann, the first laundry work teaching manual, ‘A Teachers’ Manual of Elementary Laundry Work’ published in 1891. Fanny L. Calder also wrote a number of recipes herself, the most well-known being her War Cake recipe her original hand written copy of which is currently held in the Liverpool John Moores Universities Archives." (historyofljmu).

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 42549

Catalogue: Industry: : Laundry

Keywords: Calder Mann Teachers Manual Elementary Laundry Work Schoolgirls Utensils Washing Linen Paraffin Drying Starching Ironing Mangling Polishing Muslins Silk Soap Blue Water Ammonia Bleaching Stains 43897 Industry: : Laundry

HURST, GEORGE H./ SIMMONS, W.H.

Textile Soaps and Oils. (with 12 illustrations).

London: Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1921. Third Revised edition. A Handbook on the Preparation, Properties, and Analysis of the Soaps and Oils used in Textile Manufacturing, Dyeing and Printing. Contents: Section I. Textile Soaps. I. Introductory; II. Methods of making Soaps; III. Special Textile Soaps; IV. Relation of Soap to Water for Industrial Purposes; V. Treating Waste Soap Liquors; VI. Soap Analysis. Section II. Animal Soap Oils and Fats; Vegetable Soap Oils and Fats. Section III. Glycerine. Section IV. Textile Oils. Pp.xii/197/3(ads for other publications), 12 figure illustrations in the text, spotting to final page of ads. Dark green pebbled cloth, gilt title to front and spine, minor edge wear. Scarce. VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 40967

Catalogue: Industry: : Laundry

Keywords: Hurst Simmons Textile Soaps Oils Tallow Lard Bone Grease Whale Train Palm Nut Kernel Coconut Olive Arachis Tea-Seed Cotton Soya Linseed Castor Maize Rape Hydrogenated Glycerine Wool Turkey Red 42105 Industry: : Laundry

RANKIN, MARGARET CUTHBERT.

A Manual Of The Science of Laundry Work. (For Students and Teachers).

London: Blackie & Son Limited, nd. (c.1904). Margaret Cuthbert Rankin: Head teacher of laundry work, Technical College of Domestic Science, Liverpool; first class certificate for laundry work; first class full diploma for cookery; certificated in chemistry, hygiene and physiology; first class dressmaking certificate (City and Guilds). 18cms x 12cms. Pp.142, several figure illustrations, owner's name to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers. Grey cloth has marks, edges rubbed. Good.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 42550

Catalogue: Industry: : Laundry

Keywords: Margaret Cuthbert Rankin Manual Science Laundry Work Water Soap Soda Alkalies Starch Washing Blues Borax Acid Disinfectant Paraffin Turpentine Wool Silk Cotton Flax 43898 Industry: : Laundry

TAYLOR, JOHN. (CONSULTING LAUNDRY ENGINEER).

The Steam Laundry. Its Construction, Equipment and Management.

London: Heywood & Company Ltd, nd.(c.1900). Comprehensive guide to how late nineteenth century laundries should be built, equipped with machinery, and run efficiently. Pp.162, folding ground plan frontispiece of a Model Laundry, to Wash £100 per Week, Family Work + many figure illustrations and engraved illustrations of machinery and to advertisements to end, hand-written page numbers pp.1-3, cracking to inner front hinge and between pages 96/97 but holding. Red cloth, gilt title to front and spine, careful repair to spine outer hinge. Scarce. G+.** "JOHN TAYLOR was born at Lower Broughton, Salford, on 8th February 1866. Having served his time from 1879 to 1886 in his father's works (Messrs. Thomas and Taylor, laundry engineers, of London and Stockport), he was then engaged by them as traveller; and in 1890 was appointed manager of their London works. He designed and superintended the erection of public laundries, baths and wash-houses, and dairies, all over the United Kingdom, in several of which he installed electric lighting. His death took place on 3rd January 1902, in his thirty-sixth year." (Grace's Guide).** "While the upper classes went on employing washerwomen and/or general servants, there were various cheaper "send-out" laundry services in the later 19th century and early 20th, including laundries that brought both domestic laundry and linen from hotels etc. to a "hand-finished" standard. The simplest were wet wash (US) and bag wash (UK) arrangements where you sent off a bundle of dirty laundry to be washed elsewhere. Ironing was done at home at this bottom end of the market. In some places a mangle woman with a box mangle would charge pennies for pressing household linen and everyday clothing." (oldandinteresting).

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 41283

Catalogue: Industry: : Laundry

Keywords: Taylor Steam Laundry Construction Equipment Management Engineering Boilers Washing Machines Rinsing Wringing Blueing Starching Hydro Extractorsdecoudon Ironers Collar Polisher Goffering 42355 Industry: : Laundry

WATT, ALEXANDER.

The Art of Soap-Making. A Practical Handbook of the Manufacture of Hard and Soft Soaps, Toilet Soaps, etc.

London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1920. 5th edition, 10th impression. Including an Appendix of Modern Candle-Making. With numerous illustrations. "An important feature in the present volume is the chapter on the Recovery of Glycerine from Waste Leys, in which many processes for recovering this valuable product are given." Chapters include: Saponification Exxplained; The Soap Factory - Its Apparatus and Appliances; Materials Used in Soap-Making;Caustic Leys; Manufacture of Hard Soaps; Making Soap by the Cold Process; Oleic Acid - Soap from Recovered Grease; Cheapened Soaps; Disinfecting Soap; Saponification under Pressure; Various Processes; Manufacture of Soft Soaps; Manufacture of Toilet or Fancy Soaps; Soft Toilet Soaps; Medicated Soaps; Miscellaneous Soaps; Alkalimetry - Methods of Determining the Percentage of Real Alkali in Commercial Soda Ash, Potash, and Caustic Alkali; Methods of Analyzing or Assaying Soaps; Purifying and Bleaching Oils and Fats; Recovery of the Glycerine from Waste or Spent Leys; Useful Notes and Tables. Appendix A. Making Soap in Small Quantities. Appendix B.Modern Candle-Making. Pp.x/310, 43 figure illustrations, a few marginal smudge marks, cracking to inner hinges revealing webbing but holding firm. Brown cloth, title to spine dulled, minor marks to rear board, wear to base of spine. G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 40955

Catalogue: Industry: : Laundry

Keywords: Watt Soap Making Handbook Hard Soft Toilet Fats Oil Tallow Caustic Leys Saponification Oleic Acid Normandy Dunn Guppy Thomas Gossage Sheridan Disinfecting Pearlash Kurten Arsenic Candles 42097 Industry: : Laundry

WIGNER, J.H.

Soap Manufacture. The Chemical Processes.

London: E & F.N. Spon, Ltd, 1940. 1st edition. A Handbook for Students and Those Engaged in the Manufacture of Hard Soap. Pp.viii/162, 8 cards showing measurements for ingredients in pocket to inside rear board, toned area to front free endpaper, minor spotting to closed page edges (not affecting internal margins). Black cloth, dustwrapper has tears and losses. G+/Poor.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 45888

Catalogue: Industry: : Laundry

Keywords: Wigner Soap Manufacture Chemical Processes Fatty Acid Glycerin Experimental Boils Saponification Commercial Soaps Spent Lyes Filtration Evaporation Silicate Solutions Silicated Saop Carbolic 47435 Industry: : Laundry