THE SOAP MAKER'S HAND BOOK

THE

SOAP MAKER'S HAND BOOK

OF

MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND RECEIPTS FOR
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF SOAP

INCLUDING

FATS, FAT OILS, AND FATTY ACIDS; EXAMINATION OF FATS AND OILS;
ALKALIES; TESTING SODA AND POTASH; MACHINES AND UTENSILS;
HARD SOAPS; SOFT SOAPS; TEXTILE SOAPS; WASHING POWDERS
AND ALLIED PRODUCTS; TOILET SOAPS, MEDICATED SOAPS,
AND SOAP SPECIALTIES; ESSENTIAL OILS AND OTHER
PERFUMING MATERIALS; TESTING SOAPS.

EDITED CHIEFLY FROM THE GERMAN OF

DR. C. DEITE, A. ENGELHARDT, F. WILTNER,

AND NUMEROUS OTHER EXPERTS.

WITH ADDITIONS

BY

WILLIAM T. BRANNT,

EDITOR OF "THE TECHNO CHEMICAL RECEIPT BOOK."

ILLUSTRATED BY FIFTY-FOUR ENGRAVINGS.

SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND IN GREAT PART RE-WRITTEN.

PHILADELPHIA :

HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO.,

INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS, AND IMPORTERS,
810 WALNUT STREET.