A 1902 English translation (by Chas. Salter) of Georg von Georgievics's textbook on the chemical technology of textile fibres. It covers the origin and structure of vegetable, animal and other fibres, then washing, bleaching and carbonising, mordants, dyeing, printing and dressing/finishing. Dyeing is the main chapter, with sections on each dye class and on dyeing machinery; there are 47 illustrations, mostly microscopic fibre drawings and machine diagrams. The book has an index and publisher's advertisements at the end, and contains no weaving drafts.