Kinne, Helen · New York: The Macmillan company · leaf 147
Courtesy of Cheney Bros. Fig. 78. — Silk winding. 134 CLOTHING AND HEALTH qualities, however, are dyed after the silk is woven intothe piece. Silk is dyed by dipping the skeins or yardsof silk in great vats of dye. For dyeing, the coal-tarproducts (aniline dyes) are used. Did you know thatcoal… … Fig. 79. — Silk dyeing. Courtesy of C fie my Bros. a long story of the many wonderful things which can bemade from tar. Do you know that 25 per cent of theweight of the raw silk is made up of the gummy sub-stance ? The dyer boils out some of the gum ; and, if hewishes to produce cheap silks and…
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