INDEX.
Reading edition
Acid aids fulling, 21
Alkali stiff, 33
Analysis of hair, 12
Ancient hats, 26
Basket, hat, 40
Battery for sizing, 41
Bleaching of hair, 14
Block for hats, 47
Blocking, 47
Blowing machine, 35
Body making, 41
Bowing, 39
Bow-pin, 39
Broadcloth, properties of, 19
Cardinal's hats, 26
Carroting, 29
Cassimere hats, 48
Chemical analysis of hair, 12
Cloth hats, 63
Coloring, 47
Conclusion, 65
Construction of hair, 16
Cotton, why it does not felt, 17
Description of furs, wools, hair, &c., 11
Dressing, 56
Dyeing, 47
Dyes, 48
Elizabeth, Queen, patent, 28
Familiar proofs of felting, 17
Fashions, 28
Felting, 14 familiar proofs of, 17 inventor of, 27 when invented, 22
Felt made by Turcomans, 21 uses of, 22
Festival of hatters, 29
Fine wool, introduction into the United States, 23
Finishing, 49
First account of hatters, 27
Flowing nap, 43
Forming, 56 machines, 57-59
Fulling, 14 acid aids, 21 mill, 24 oil prevents, 21 process of, 25 soap aids, 21
Fur, kinds of, 20 qualities of, 14
Furs, description of, 11 how prepared, 29 inferior articles employed with, 22 low prices of in early times, 23
Gaiters of felt, 60
Glue, pelts used for, 31
Goods, shrinking of, 15
Gordian knot, 19
Gossamer hats, 53
Grease prevents fulling, 21
Hair balls in the stomach, 19 bleaching of, 14 chemical analysis of, 12 construction of, 16 description of, 11 how it grows, 12 peculiar properties of, 15 why it felts, 14
Hairs, number of, 17
Hat basket, 40 block, 47 bow, 39 iron, 49
Hats, ancient, 26 cardinal's, 26 cassimere, 48 cloth, 63 history of, 25 manufacture of, 36 scarlet, 26 Spanish, 28
Hatters' festival, 29 first account of, 27 kettles, 46
Hatting, history of, 25 in the United States, 27 silk, 52
History of hats and hatting, 25
How hair felts, 14 hair grows, 12 to judge of the quality of wool, 23
Inferior articles employed with furs, 22
Introductory remarks, 9
Introduction of fine wool into the United States, 23
Invention of felting, 22
Inventor of felting, 27
Kettles, 46
Kinds of fur, 20
Manufacture of hats, 36
Materials, preparation of, 29 for hats, 20
Nap, flowing, 43
Napping, 45
Number of hairs, 17
Oil prevents fulling, 21
Patent, Queen Elizabeth's, 28
Peculiar properties of hair, 15
Pelts used for glue, &c., 31
Planking, 42
Pneumatic process, 58
Polishing, 56
Pouncing, 48
Preparation of materials, 29
Prices of furs in early times, 23
Printers' sheets, 61
Process of fulling, 25
Properties of broadcloth, 19
Pulling, 29
Pumicing, 48
Qualities of fur, 14
Quality of wool, how judged, 23
Quantity of stuff for a hat, 38
Queen Elizabeth's patent, 28
Receipts for stiffs, 34
Ruffing, 45
Scarlet hats, 26
Secretage, 29
Shaving, 44
Shellac-stiff, 33
Shoes of felt, 60
Shrinking of goods, 15
Silk hatting, 52
Sizing, 42
Soap aids fulling, 21
Spanish hats, 28
Stiffening, 31 process, 44
Stiffs, 31, 33, 34
Stockings, wool, 18
Stomach, hair balls in, 19
Stuff, quantity of for a hat, 38
Turcomans, felt made by, 21
United States, hatting in, 27
Uses of felt, 22
Water-proofing materials, 31
When felting was invented, 22
When fine wool was introduced into the United States, 23
Why cotton does not felt, 17 hair felts, 14
Wire hoop for brims, 51
Wool, fine, introduction into the United States, 23
Wool, how to judge of the quality, 23
Wools, description of, 11
Wool stockings, 18