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Armstrong, George D · Chicago : F.J. Drake · leaf 55
black, blacklake and tannin black, which have been proposed as blackpigments, but their use is so limited that it is not neces-sary to give a description of them. Frankfort black is made of the lees of wine, from whichthe tartar has been washed, by burning in the manner ofivory black. Similar… … Fig. 14. Handled Roofing Brush. Inferior Frankfort black is, in fact, merely the levigatedcharcoal of woods, of which the hardest, such as box andebony, afford the best. Fine Frankfort black, though al-most confined to copper-plate printers, is one of the bestblack pigments we possess, being of a…
