Bleaching and calico-printing : a practical manual. (1896)
Duerr, George, Turnbull, William, Charles Griffin & Company, publisher, J.B. Lippincott Company, publisher · London : Charles Griffin & Company ; Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company · leaf 86
gely spread innature, being the principal constituent of some seeds, as for instancein the case of cereals; it is also found in the roots, stems, and fruitsof many plants. Starch is found in the form of minute granules which,although possessing the same chemical composition, still show a… … Fig. 17. —Tapioca starch. Fig. 18.—Wheat starch. can readily be distinguished from each other in this way. Starchis a white substance insoluble in cold water, but possessing thepeculiarity, when treated with boiling water, of swelling and form-ing a kind of gelatinous mass, the so-called starch…
Calico-printing · Bleaching · Dyes and dyeing
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