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From the celebrated establishment of W. H. CARRYL, No. 169 Chestnut Street, corner of Fifth.

(For description, see page 288.)

VOL. XLV.-18

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Fig. 1 is a bench for the hall, in the old Gothic style.

Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are fancy chairs in the Gothic Etyle, suitable for drawing-rooms and parlors.

Fig. 6 is a table for the drawing-room, with rich mouldings.

Fig. 7 is a circular drawing-room table of a rich pattern.

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A TERM said to be corrupted from cylindering, and signifying the finishing process in the manufacture of cotton or linen goods, by which they are passed between cylinders or rollers, and made of a level and uniform surface. When such goods have been bleached and washed, they are generally entangled and twisted, so as to be unfit for passing at once between the cylinders: they are therefore passed over the surface of a water cistern, kept constantly full, and as they thus make their way to the rollers, they unfold and accommodate themselves to the water, and are prepared as effectually as if by hand. But the action of the first pair of rollers does not spread or smooth the cloth effectually, neither does it dry it: it has, therefore, to be pulled out breadthwise, and the edges knocked against a smooth beating-stock. Pieces are also stitched together by a sailor's needle, to prepare them for the mangle. The domestic mangle will be noticed presently; but that used for calendering does not at all resemble it. It consists of a number of rollers, fixed in a strong upright frame; the rollers being forced together by levers, to which a considerable weight is attached, or by means of screws, as in calendering machine. In some mangles, the bottom rollers are grooved, the grooves gradually spreading from the right to the left on either side. The effect of this is to remove creases, by spreading out and extending the cloth as it passes between them. Above these are three smooth rollers, two of wood and one of brass, in passing between which the surface is equalized, and the cloth stretched. It is then wound upon a roller, ready to be starched. 18*

The starch used in calendering is made from flour, deprived of gluten by fermentation in water, in the proportion of a pound of flour to a gallon of water. The whole is passed through a sieve after fermentation, and this separates the bran. The flour is then boiled, and a small quantity of indigo added, to give it a blue color, after which more wa

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ter is added, according to the degree of stiffness to be given to the goods. This liquid is frequently thickened with porcelain clay, or calcined plaster of Paris, or both, in order to give an appearance of strength and thickness to the cloth. This all dis

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