Elements of the art of dyeing : with a description of the art of bleaching by oxymuriatic acid (1824)
Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822, Berthollet, A. B. (Amédée B.), d. 1811, Ure, Andrew, 1778-1857, Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, Shury, James · London : Printed for Thomas Tegg ... · leaf 441
The waters which decompose soap, and form asoap of lime, are disadvantageous to bleaching,not merely by the waste of the soap uselessly de-composed, but principally because the calcareoussoap, which is insoluble in water, fixes on thestuff, gives it a greasy feel, renders it at the sametime yellow,…
Dyes and dyeing · Bleaching · Chlorine
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