Applied chemistry : in manufactures, arts and domestic economy (1844)
Parnell, Edward A. (Edward Andrew) · London : Printed for Taylor and Walton · leaf 360
341 CALICO-PRINTING PROCESSES. wooden frame near to one end of the table, is a felt cushion about the same size as the entire block, and immediately within one side of the frame are Fig, 40. … arranged in a line five little troughs (or as many as there are colours to be printed), containing the thickened colours. By means of a long piece of wood, so formed as to dip into all the troughs at once, the attendant " tearer " applies a little of each of the five colours to the surface of felt,…
Chemistry, Technical · Wood · Dyes and dyeing · Calico-printing
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