American Woolen Company · Boston, Mass., American woolen co · leaf 33
or other vegetable matterfrom the wool. To accomplish this thewool is dipped in a bath of chloride ofaluminum or sulphuric acid solution, thenthe moisture is extracted and the wool isput through a drier, where the temper-ature must be at least 212 degrees.This heat carbonizes the foreign… … FROM WOOL TO CLOTH case the several different wools are mixedtogether. Dyeing of woolens is done in threeways—in the wool, in the thread after itis spun, or in the piece after it is woven.If the wool is to be dyed in the woolit is now conveyed to the dyehouse, dyedthe shade required, then returned…
Woolen and worsted manufacture
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