An 1889 encyclopedia article describing 19th-century American commercial laundry machinery, organized by stage: bleaching, washing, wringing, starching, and ironing. It covers dash-wheel, Brown, and Nonpareil power washers, hand washers, hydro-extractors, rubber-roll wringers, starching machines, hot mangles, gas-heated ironing machines, and collar and cuff finishing equipment. Engraved figures (Figs. 2733-2754) illustrate the machines.