A practical handbook of dyeing and calico-printing. With eleven page-plates, forty-seven specimens of dyed and printed fabrics, and thirty-eight woodcuts (1874)
Crookes, William, 1832-1919 · London, Longmans, Green · leaf 201
1. Elevation of complete apparatus. 2. Section.Body of retort. b b. Head of retort. C. Axle of agitator, made hollow so as toconduct steam to the bottom of the apparatus. c. Entrance for steam. J. Man-hole, g g. Openings for taking out the colour. h h. Cavities in which hot aircirculates, and which… … hour, the vent-holes are opened, and the contents run into cisterns fitted withagitators through sheet-iron pipes (Fig. 16). Here the mass is treated withboiling water, in the proportion of 300 kilos, of crude magenta to 1500 litresof water, acidulated with 3 kilos, of hydrochloric acid. Ebullition…
Dyes and dyeing · Calico-printing
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