This special re-print edition of Alexander Watt's book "The Art of Soap Making" is a historical guide to making soap the old fashioned way. Written in 1901, this classic text provides insight into how to soap was made in the late 19th century, as well as how candles were manufactured. Chapters include Saponification Explained, The Soap Factory, Materials Used in Soap Making, Caustic Lyes, Manufacture of Hard Soaps, Making Soap by the Cold Process, Soap From Recovered Grease, Cheapened Soaps, Disinfecting Soaps, Various Processes, The Manufacture of Soft Soaps, Making Fancy Soaps, Toilet Soaps, Misc. Soaps and Processes, Recovery of Glycerine From Wastes or Spent Lyes, Useful Notes and Tables Pertaining to Soap Making, Modern Candle Making and more. One of the most thorough books on the art of soap making. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.