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Smith's Practical dyer's guide : containing five hundred dyed patterns, to each of which a genuine receipt is given : the work comprises practical instructions in the dyeing of silk, cotton, and wool, in a raw and manufactured state, also instructions for dyeing plain and mixed fabrics ... also receipts for making all the dye spirits with which to dye every colour in the work (1880)

Smith, David, pattern dyer · London : Simpkin, Marshall & Co. · leaf 30

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23 WOOLS. No. 11. 225 lbs. OF WOOL. DEAB. Boil 1 hour with 12 ozs. of Chrome. Finish with 1 lb. of Fustic, 4 lbs. of Crop Madder, and 2 ozs. of Logwood. Boil 1^ hour. No. 12.

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