A manual of dyeing: for the use of practical dyers, manufacturers, students, and all interested in the art of dyeing (1919)
Knecht, Edmund, 1861-1925, Loewenthal, Richard, Rawson, Christopher · London : C. Griffin · leaf 122
ipe, whichcan be opened or closed from the working floor by the handle, V. Kiers ai-e usually constructed for quantities of cloth varying from 600 to3,500 lbs., the diameter ranging from 13 to 2-1 metres, and the height from1 8 to 3 metres. In some cases they are made larger. In working, the calico… … Fig. 23.—Section of injector-kier, a sieve before use, in order to remove small stones, <tc. The cloth is thenpacked evenly into the kier by boys, who fold it with short sticks, and thenpress it down by treading on it. The neces.sary amount of water is then runin; and, after tlie air has been…
Dyes and dyeing
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