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 132
s met with the greatest commercial success, is that devised by HoraceKoechlin and carried into practice in the steamer kier specially constructed forthe purpose by Messrs. Mather & Piatt. In this system the lime-boil is entirely dispensed with, and this, as well asthe two lye-boils of the old… … Fig. 28.—The Mather kier. Section. wrought-iron horizontal egg-ended cylinder, pi-ovided at one end with a lid ordoor. When lowered, the wedge-shnped door fits into a frame, wedging itselfsteam-tight. The raising or lowering of the door was formerly done by meansof a hydraulic ram, but is effected…
Dyes and dyeing
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