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The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing
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Title: The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association
Author: Watson Smith
Editor: Albert Shonk
Release Date: February 10, 2006 [EBook #17740]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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THE CHEMISTRY
OF
HAT MANUFACTURING
LECTURES DELIVERED BEFORE THE HAT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION
BY
WATSON SMITH, F.C.S., F.I.C.
THEN LECTURER IN CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE OWENS COLLEGE, MANCHESTER AND LECTURER OF THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY
REVISED AND EDITED
BY
ALBERT SHONK
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON SCOTT, GREENWOOD & SON "THE HATTERS' GAZETTE" OFFICES 8 BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL, E.C.
CANADA: THE COPP CLARK CO. LTD., TORONTO UNITED STATES: D. VAN NOSTRAND CO., NEW YORK 1906
[All rights remain with Scott, Greenwood & Son]
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PREFACE
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