Two pages from the 'Dyeing, Bleaching and Finishing' feature in the trade journal Textiles (pp. 28-29). The first part, by A. Ganswindt, describes carbonizing machines for drying and carbonizing loose stock (Figs. 17-19, including the Lekeux machine). The second, by Louis M. Tailfer (translated from L'Industrie Textile), covers the alkali boil for cotton goods, comparing open boilers, closed kiers, the Mather and Platt and Koechlin methods, and the Thies process with its four stages. It includes details on lye concentration, kier design, and an example treatment of printing cloths.