Watson, Kate Heintz. [from old catalog], American school of home economics, Chicago. [from old catalog] · Chicago, American school of home economics · leaf 45
assium 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 HydroscopicMoisture 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 owxsits 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 offa characteristic disagreeable…
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