Textiles and clothing, by Kate Heintz Watson.. (1907)
Watson, Kate Heintz, American School of Home Economics · Chicago, American School of Home Economics · leaf 57
ry hard soda soap.Potassium carbonate—pearl ash—is often used inconnection with the soap. If the water for scouring ishard, it is softened with pearl ash. The temperature 42 TEXTILES AND CLOTHING of wash water is never allowed to go above 120^ F.The scoured wool weighs from a little over a half… … WOOL SORTING hydroscopic moisture. To this property wool owesits superiority as a textile for underclothing. The thoroughly cleansed fiber is made up chiefly ofthe chemical substance keratin, being similar in com-position to horn and feathers. In burning it gives oflfa characteristic disagreeable…
Textile industry · Sewing · Dressmaking
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