Project Gutenberg 2007-06-07 Public domain in the USA. 341 Simmons, W. H. (William Herbert) Simmons, William Herbert Appleton, H. A. 09022036 The Handbook of Soap Manufacture Reading ease score: 63.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Ben Beasley, Richard Prairie, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Million Book Project.) "The Handbook of Soap Manufacture" by W. H. Simmons and H. A. Appleton is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This comprehensive guide details the processes involved in the manufacturing of household and toilet soaps, reflecting advancements in the soap industry up to that point. The book is particularly geared towards individuals in the soap-making industry, emphasizing the importance of understanding both the theoretical and practical aspects of soap production. At the start of the handbook, the authors set the stage for the intricate world of soap making, beginning with a historical overview of the industry's evolution from rudimentary methods to more scientific processes. They discuss the definition of soap, its chemical properties, and its detergent action, while introducing terminology and concepts fundamental to the field. The authors note the necessity of a solid grasp of chemistry for those in the industry to stay competitive, hoping to make the work accessible to both seasoned professionals and novices interested in learning about soap manufacture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Soap TP Text Technology Crafts Chemistry Browsing: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry/Physics 659959 660019 2024-10-09T11:47:11.911270 2023-09-10T03:57:50.647011 text/html text/html 600057 2021-01-02T17:44:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1175802 2021-01-02T17:44:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1286780 2024-10-09T11:47:30.999176 application/epub+zip 1292946 2024-10-09T11:47:17.862320 application/epub+zip 232321 2024-10-09T11:47:15.275332 application/epub+zip 1570959 2024-10-09T11:47:38.758119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1523080 2024-10-09T11:47:28.099209 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 457286 2022-09-10T08:56:30.517268 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471147 470889 2024-10-09T11:47:08.757321 2023-09-10T03:57:47.984977 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 470358 2021-01-02T17:44:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 146842 2021-01-02T17:44:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 472513 2021-01-02T17:44:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 146884 2021-01-02T17:44:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21498 2024-10-09T11:47:38.921117 application/rdf+xml 16186 2024-10-09T11:47:15.948245 image/jpeg 3886 2024-10-09T11:47:15.615244 image/jpeg 1276400 2024-10-09T11:47:12.009286 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog