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.

Two pages from the 'Dyeing, Bleaching and Finishing' feature in the trade journal Textiles (pp. 28-29). They describe the Deru wool carbonizing machine and plant layout, a method for determining oxygen in sodium peroxide, a patented machine for dyeing variegated (parti-colored) yarn, and the need for standardized dyestuff shades for the Chinese market.