Calvert, F. (Frederick) Crace', 1819-1873, Stenhouse, John, Groves, Charles Edward, 1841-1920 · Manchester : Palmer & Howe · leaf 414
dips a fewinches into the hot liquor; the quantity of magenta crystalsrequisite to dye the pieces of the required shade is weighedout, tied up tightly in a piece of flannel, and dropped intothe bag filter. Here the magenta slowly dissolves andmixes with the liquor in the dyebeck, which never… … WOOL DYED WITH MAGENTA.* Magenta is used not merely alone for rose, pink, and redshades, but also in a variety of compound colours: abeautiful amaranth may be obtained on wool by the follow-ing: 13^ ozs. of magenta are dissolved in I lb. of hot gly-cerin, and the mixture filtered into the dyebeck,…
Dyes and dyeing · Calico-printing
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