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The art of dyeing wool, silk, and cotton (1901)

Hellot, Jean, 1685-1766 · London : Reissued by Scott, Greenwood · leaf 266

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warm out of the soap, for any time withoutbeing washed and cleansed, it heats, gets a bad smell, and evenproduces little white worms. These worms, however, do noteat the silk, only the mixture of the soap and gluten. Thissilk is liable to be hard. Silk that has not been boiled, or raw silk, is… … OBSERVATIONS ON UNGUMMINO AND BOILING 245 should be used for tliis purpose capable of dissolving thesoap. When river water is muddy it should be left to subsidefor some time, and then put into a boiler and purified in thefollowing manner : — When it is made hot, without boiling, about a pound…

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