A Handbook of Chemical Technology

Johannes Rudolf Wagner

D. Appleton, 1875 - Chemistry, Technical - 745 pages

Contents

• CHEMICAL METALLURGY ALLOYS AND PREPARATIONS MADE AND OBTAINED FROM: 4
• PIG OR CRUDE IRON Extraction of Iron from its Ores 9 Theory of the Iron Extraction: 20
• MANGANESE AND ITS PREPARATIONS Manganese III Testing the Quality of Manganese: 26
• STEEL Steel 26 Rough Steel 27 Steel Making by Imparting Carbon to Wrought: 29
• COBALT Metallic Cobalt 37 Cobalt Colours 37 Smalt 38 Cobalt Speiss 38 Appli: 39
• COPPER Where it Occurs and How 43 Ores of Copper 43 Mode of Treating: 47
• TIN Occurrence and Mode of Obtaining the Metal 73 Properties of Tin: 74
• PREPARATIONS OF ZINC Zincwhite 80 White Vitriol Sulphate of Zinc 81 Chromate: 81
• ARSENIC Arsenic 85 Arsenious Acid 85 Arsenic Acid 86 Sulphurets of Arsenic: 87
• PREPARATIONS OF MERCURY Mercurial Compounds 91 Chloride of Mercury 91 Cin: 93
• SILVER Silver and its Occurrence 96 Extraction of Silver from its Ores 96 Smelting: 100
• PERMANGANATE OF POTASSA Permanganate of Potassa: 112
• DIVISION II: 118
• SALTPETRE NITRATE OF POTASSA Saltpetre 134 Occurrence of Native Saltpetre: 134
• NITRIC ACID Methods of Manufacturing Nitric Acid 142 Bleaching Nitric Acid: 143
• NITROGLYCERINE Nitroglycerine 158 Nobels Dynamite: 160
• SODA FROM PLANTS OR SODAASH Soda from Soda Plants and from Beetroot: 171
• PREPARATION OF IODINE AND BROMINE Preparation of Iodine 191 Preparation from: 193
• SULPHUROUS AND HYPOSULPHUROUS ACID Sulphurous Acid 199 Sulphite of Lime: 199
• SULPHIDE OF CARBON Sulphide of Carbon 210 Carbon 211 Chloride of Sulphur: 211
• BLEACHINGPOWDER AND HYPOCHLORITES Chlorine 214 Preparation of Bleaching: 219
• ALKALIMETRY Alkalimetry 224 Volumetric Method 224 Mohrs Method: 225
• SOAP MAKING Soap 239 Raw Materials of Soap Boiling 239 Ley 242 Theory of Saponi: 245
• PRODUCTION OF ALUM SULPHATES OF ALUMINA AND ALUMINATES Alum 256 Material: 257
• ULTRAMARINE Ultramarine 264 Native Ultramarine 264 Artificial Ultramarine: 264
• Glass Oven 271 Preparation of the Material and Melting 274 Drying: 275
• CERAMIC OR EARTHENWARE MANUFACTURE Clays and their ApplicationFelspar: 293
• TENDER PORCELAIN French Fritte Porcelain 304 English Fritte Porcelain: 304
• COMMON POTTERY Common Pottery 310 Burning: 310
• LIME AND LIMEBURNING Lime 322 Properties 322 LimeBurning 322 Occasional: 326
• GYPSUM AND ITS PREPARATION Occurrence 333 Nature of Gypsum 333 The Burning: 336
• THE TECHNOLOGY OF VEGETABLE FIBREFLAX Flax 338 Hot Water Cleansing 339: 339
• PAPER MAKING History of Paper 345 Materials of Paper Manufacture 346 Sub: 347
• B MACHINE PAPER Manufacture of Machine Paper 352 Paper Cutting Machine: 353
• SUGAR MANUFACTURE History of Sugar 362 Nature of Sugar: 362
• BEETROOT SUGAR Its Nature 367 Species of Beet 367 Chemical Constituents: 369
• GRAPE SUGAR Grape Sugar 383 Preparation of Grape Sugar 384 Composition: 386
• WINEMAKING Wine 390 The Vine and its Cultivation 390 Vintage 390 The Pres: 393
• BEERBREWING Beer 403 Materials of BeerBrewing 403 Hops 404 Quality of: 408
• PREPARATION OR DISTILLATION OF SPIRITS Alcohol 424 Alcohol and its Technically: 425
• B DISTILLATION OF THE VINOUS MASH Distillation of the Mash 431 The Distilling: 436
• BREAD BAKING Modes of Bread Making 451 The Details of Bread Baking 451: 459
• SILK Silk 501 SericicultureVarieties of Silkworms 501 Manipulation of the Silk: 6
• Treating with Lime: 29
• GLUE BOILING General Observations 528 Leather Glue 529: 36
• ANIMAL CHARCOAL Animal Charcoal 553 Preparation of Boneblack 553 Properties: 55
• MEAT Generalities 562: 62
• DIVISION VI: 68
• CARBOLIC ACID COLOURS Carbolic Acid Dyes 580 Picric Acid 580 Phenicienne: 81
• BLEACHING Bleaching 597 Bleaching of Silk 599: 9
• THE PRINTING OF WOVEN FABRICS Printing of Woven Fabrics 609 Mordants 609: 16
• PETROLEUM Petroleum Oil and its Occurrences 695 Origin and Formation of Petro: 7
• PETROLEUM AS FUEL Petroleum as Fuel 722: 6
• HEATING DWELLING HOUSES Heating Dwelling Houses 732 Direct Heating 732: 10
• ILLUMINATION BY MEANS OF LAMPS Illumination with Fluid Substances 636 Puri: ii

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Handbook of Chemical Technology
• Author: Johannes Rudolf Wagner
• Editor: William Crookes
• Publisher: D. Appleton, 1875
• Original from: the New York Public Library
• Digitized: Jul 28, 2011
• Length: 745 pages