Journal

1889 · 013645 — London: Crosby Lockwood and Son: 1889. "Including descriptive accounts of modern machinery and appliances for laundry work. 187 pages and 28 illustrations. This "work is divided into two Parts the first of which deals with the operations and processes usually carried on in the best English laundries. This portion of the work will be found especially useful to those about to commence business as laundrymen and will also show many who are already in the trade as well as those housewives who desire the highest results how to set about the business of washing and dressing lining in the best and most economical way. The hints and suggestions which will be found in the several chapters have all be tried in actual practice and should therefore prove of great value. The chapters on Water and Disinfection have been written with special care. The Second Part deals with the planning and installation of laundries and the machinery to be used therein. Notes are given on manual automatic and steam-driven machinery the characteristic features of prominent types only being dealt with. This book will be found to cover the who field of the laundryman's usual work; and it may be put with advantage into the hands of all young people who intend to make their way in the trade." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Crosby Lockwood and Son: Hardcover