Soap-making Cold process

Eawes s System.—One of the most ingenious practical attempts to modify the ordinary system of soap-making was that devised by Mr. William Hawes, a gentleman who had long been connected with the soap trade, and was indeed a member of one of the largest and most enter prising firms in London. The process is well known as the COLD PROCESS, and is thus described by the inventor ... 

The adoption of the cold process in this country has not, we believe, extended much beyond the limits oi very small operations, such as toilet-soap making, for example. Indeed, the difficulty of obtaining leys sufficiently concentrated, without evaporation, would, to some extent, stand in the way of its extended application. At the present time, however, when soap-makers are supplied with caustic soda in a solid state, which renders ic... 

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