Ebook Drying Oils, Boiled Oil,& Solid Liquid Driers

After more than thirty-five years' practical experience of the manufacture of varnishes, boiled oil, paint, and printing ink, having followed the progress of this industry and also the scientific achievements in the domain of the drying oils, I may, without great presumption, consider myself qualified to treat of the drying oils, their preparation, and investigation.

My present work contains detailed information as to the source, extraction, and properties of all oils of any technical value, as to their treatment for the most varied uses - for boiled oil, paints, printing ink, oilcloth, and linoleum - my extensive experience in these matters, and the portion of chemistry necessary for a general comprehension. Specially detailed sections are devoted to the preparation of the liquid and solid siccatives, driers, and substitutes for boiled oil; the concluding portions deal with the examination of the drying oils and boiled oils for adulteration and suitability for practical purposes. I hope that this work, which is intended to represent the present state of the knowledge of the subject, may meet with friendly reception in interested circles.