Napier, James, 1810-1884, Fesquet, A. A · Philadelphia : H. Carey Baird · leaf 165
kes place between the acid and the iron may be expressed as in the table below — which we introduce by remarking that, in dissolving iron in sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, there is merely a substitution of the iron for the hydrogen (see p. 45); but with nitric acid a different range of affinities… … The binoxide of nitrogen is the gas passing off; but it in- stantly combines with more oxygen, and forms peroxide of nitrogen. The nitrate of iron alone dyes a buff or nankeen color, which is probably the easiest dyed of any of the colors, and is, at the same time, very permanent. The process only…
Dyes and dyeing · Coal-tar colors
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