Index:Treatise on Soap Making.djvu

Title	A Treatise on Soap-Making
Author	John Carmichael
Year	1807
Publisher	Oliver & Co.
Location	Edinburgh
Source	djvu
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CONTENTS.

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1. Page

2. Address to the Reader ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   iii

3. Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   vii

4. Treatise on hard and soft soap-making ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   13

5. Different kinds of alkalis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   16

6. The two great divisions of salts ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   20

7. Method of depriving them of their fixed air ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   21

8. Alkaline salts for the use of the soap-boiler, how obtained. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   ibid.

9. Kelp, how made, and what esteemed best ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   ibid.

10. Ditto, used as a manure, and for feeding cattle, hogs, &c. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    22

11. Ditto, the ashes of, used as salt for new cheese ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    23

12. Barilla, where and how made ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    24

13. Gazul, soza, and salicor, ditto ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    26

14. Pot-ash, how prepared ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    29

15. Process for detecting sand in alkaline materials ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    31

16. Blue and white pearl ashes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    33

17. Russia and Muscovy ashes, Cashub ditto ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    34

18. Marcoft ashes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    35

19. Preparation for setting a cave, or vat ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    37

20. Setting ditto ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    39

21. Test for discovering the presence of an alkali in any liquid substance ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    42

22. Examination of leys, to discover their quality with regard to mildness or causticity ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    44

23. Comparative strength betwixt one ley and another discovered ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    47

24. Weight of spring water and strong soap-ley contrasted ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    49

25. Concise and accurate method to ascertain the strength of soap-leys ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    ibid.

26. Only one alkaline principle in nature ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    51

27. Excisemen become soap-boilers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    52

28. A charge for yellow soap ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    53

29. Boiling and finishing ditto ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    55

30. Palm oil used therein ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    57

31. Charge for pure white soap, and process ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    58

32. Finishing ditto ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    59

33. To prepare the scent for perfumed or Windsor soap ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    63

34. The weights and measures to be understood throughout the work ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    69

35. Table for casting up the dip of a soap frame, from one inch to one hundred, &c. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    71

36. Examples of working the same by hot and cold area ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    72

37. Glass hydrometer to ascertain the weight of leys ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    74

38. A charge for 1st crown soft soap ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    76

39. Proportions, and operation of making ditto ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    ibid.

40. A charge for 2d crown, and operation. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    80

41. A charge for common soft soap, with old soap returned ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    81

42. General observations necessary to be attended to by the operator ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    83

43. Experiment to ascertain the expence of white soap-making ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    87

44. Calculation thereof ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    91

45. Appendix ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    99

46. Short dissertation on spoiled hard soap, cause and remedy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    ibid.

47. Dr Black's method of preparing a soap-ley ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    107

48. Abridgment of Excise Laws ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    113

49. Allowance for spoiled soap, cuttings, &c. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    113

50. Ditto for hard soap (only) repealed ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    115

51. Legal frames for hard soap ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    116

52. Legal casks for soft soap ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    117

53. Act to prevent making soap in secret places ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    118

54. Who are not qualified to make soap, though making entry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    119

55. Act Geo. III., being the last general statute relating to hard soap, and comprehending most of the former laws applicable to that article ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    121