THE PRINCIPLES OF DOMESTIC AND INSTITUTIONAL LAUNDRY WORK.
London, Published by Edward Arnold, 1954. Seventh edition, 8vo, pp.vii+ 232 Including black & white photographs diagrams and illustrations, appendix and index. Green cloth hardcover faded spine toning to endpapers booksellers mark to inner board. Else good. Item #196053
A comprehensive work on industrial laundry techniques and equipment in the 1950s. The work focuses on the domestic sciences and links the requirement for scientific knowledge relating to laundry required in the home to that of the requirements of institutions. It touches on tools, machinery and supplies both for domestic scale and large industrial scale laundries and details a series of laboratory experiments relating to suitable processes for laundering textiles.
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