Hurst, George H. (George Henry), George Bell & Sons · London ; New York : George Bell & Sons · leaf 167
perature.Arrangements are so made that the weighings ofthe dried silk can be done in the apparatus itself; theoperation takes about an hour and a half to two hours. From the loss in weight the percentage of water is 156 SILK DYEING. calculated ; it is usual to add 11 per cent, to the per-centage of… … Fig. 21. imported from, say, China, which at the time weighed56 lbs., and is invoiced at that weight, may or maynot weigh so much. Supposing that when it reachedLondon it weighed 52 lbs., and on conditioning wasfound to contain 11 per cent, of water ; at first itwould be supposed that this silk was…
Dyes and dyeing · Silk
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