Cotton manufacture: a manual of practical instruction in the processes of opening, carding, combing, drawing, doubling, and spinning of cotton, and the methods of dyeing and preparing goods for the market (1894)
Lister, John, 1920- · London, C. Lockwood · leaf 110
but exhaustive. Bleaching Kier.—The improved kier much used at the presenttime consists of a steam-tight vessel of a cylindrical shape, made of 96 COTTON MANUFACTURE. cast-iron, heated by steam at a low pressure (see Fig. 39). Thegoods are placed on a grating, and a vertical pipe, with a cap at… … Fi^. 39.—Bleaching- Kier. mouth of the kier is flanged, so that the cover can be bolted downand thus made steam-tight. One ton and a half of goods can beoperated on, the process occupying from ten to fifteen hours. Forthis weight of material 2 cwts. of lime, previously dissolved in water,and used…
Cotton manufacture
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