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 136
has 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 ct Piatt. In this system the lime-boil is entirely dispensed with, and this, as well asthe two lye-boils of the old… … 28.—The Mather kier. Section. wrought-iron horizontal egg-ended cylinder, provided at one end with a lid ordoor. When lowered, the wedge-shaped door fits into a frame, wedging itselfsteam-tight. The raising or loweiing of the door was formerly done by meansof a hydraulic ram, but is effected in…
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