Textiles for commercial, industrial, and domestic arts schools ; also adapted to those engaged in wholesale and retail dry goods, wool, cotton, and dressmaker's trades (1914)
Dooley, William H. (William Henry), 1880- · Boston, D. C. Heath · leaf 228
211 SILK who has carried their production to a high degree of excellence. But unfortunately, besides aiming at a high state of perfection in the actual dyeing operation, the black-silk dyer has also aimed at increasing the weight of the dyed silk, so that nowadays it is possible for him … WINDING SILK ON SWIFTS to receive ten pounds of raw silk and to send out fifty pounds of black silk, the extra forty pounds being additions made in the process of dyeing. Logwood black-silk dyeing consists essentially of alternate dippings in separate baths with the mordant and dyestuffs suitable…
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