A manual of dyeing: for the use of practical dyers, manufacturers, students, and all interested in the art of dyeing (1910)
Knecht, Edmund, 1861-1925, Loewenthal, Richard, Rawson, Christopher · London, C. Griffin · leaf 126
pipe, whichcan be opened or closed from the working floor by the handle, V. Kiers are usually constructed for quantities of cloth varying from 600 to3,500 lbs., the diameter ranging from 1-3 to 2-1 metres, and the height from18 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, ifec. The cloth is thenpacked evenly into the kier by boys, who fold it with short sticks, and thenpress it down by tieading on it. The necessary amount of water is then runin ; and, after the air has been got…
Dyes and dyeing
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