The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed (1912)
Walton, Perry, 1865-1941 · Boston, Mass., J. S. Lawrence · leaf 176
ers, and the neces-sary machinery for dyeing, so that by the time the dyeingprocess was brought to its present perfection the ma-chinery needed for the proper distillation of dyes was athand. The process of dyeing has not been determined positivelyeither as a physical or chemical process. It is… … THE STORY OF TEXTILES 119 the affinity between the fibre of the fabric and the color.Wool is very much more readily dyed than cotton, andsilk occupies an intermediate position. In many instances,cotton requires the use of a metallic base to form the agentby which the dyestuff can fix itself to the…
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