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Dyeing and calico printing (1878)

Calvert, F. (Frederick) Crace', 1819-1873, Stenhouse, John, Groves, Charles Edward, 1841-1920 · Manchester : Palmer & Howe · leaf 170

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of protochloride of tin,out of which it is washed first in cold and then in hotwater; after this it is put in a bath with the ground woodand kept for some time at a boiling heat until the desireddepth of colour is obtained. It is also often used alongwith other woods in dyeing woollens brown and… … MOCK TURKEY RED.* Camwood is used in a similar manner to barwood, andthe colour is considered by many to be both brighter andfaster than that of the latter. The following reactions may serve to characterise analcoholic solution of sandal and barwoods:— Produces a considerable yellow Distilled…

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