The Natural Organic Colouring Matters

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Longmans, Green and Company, 1918 - 655 pages
 

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Page 413 - England the minimum of taxable income is £150 a year. The requirements of the Englishman are no doubt more numerous; his standard of living is higher. But on the other hand, it is to be borne in mind that the Englishman lives for himself and his wife and children; whereas the Indian, under the operation of the joint-family system has a large number of relatives to feed and support. In any case I trust the minimum of taxable income will be raised. In this connection I desire to call the attention...
Page xviii - Journal fur praktische Chemie. Journal of the Physical and Chemical Society of Russia. Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.
Page 381 - During the past few years the growers of logwood in Jamaica have been greatly disturbed by an apparent increase on their properties of an unmerchantable variety of the plant known as "bastard...
Page xxi - Reissue of THE ART OF DYEING WOOL, SILK AND COTTON. Translated from the French of M. HELLOT, M. MACQUER and M. LE PILEUR D'APLIGNY.
Page 616 - Cotton and woollen fabrics can be dyed a dull yellow colour by mere immersion in a boiling extract of Toon flowers. This, however, is not permanent and is removed, although much more quickly from cotton than wool, by the action of soap or dilute alkali. Better results are obtained by the employment of mordants, and the following shades were obtained with mordanted woollen cloth : — Chromium.
Page 95 - Tola was the ancient Phoenician name used by the Hebrews, and even by the Syrians ; for it is employed by the Syrian translator, Isaiah, chap. i. ver. 18. Among the Jews, after their captivity, the Aramaean...
Page 381 - bastard " logwood present a yellow, pale pink, white, or even chocolate coloured surface, instead of the dark red or deep purple bronze-tinted colour of the best logwood. There appears great uncertainty, even when the trees are cut down, as to whether a tree is really a " bastard
Page 219 - ... to Europe for this purpose. The rasped wood is used by the natives of India and Java as a yellow dye, in conjunction with alum, for colouring the robes of the Burmese priests, also for dyeing silk, and for general purposes.
Page 211 - ASBARG. Asbarg consists of the dried flowers and flowering stems of the Delphinium zalil, which is found in great quantity in Afghanistan. The dyestuff is collected and taken to Multan and other Punjab towns, from which it is conveyed all over India. It is much used in silk-dyeing for the production of a sulphuryellow colour known as ' gandkaki,' and, together with Datisca cannabina, to obtain a similar shade on alum-mordanted silk ; it is also used in calico-printing.
Page 45 - ... experiments was imported into Glasgow, some time since, under the name of sooranjee, with the intention of introducing it as a substitute for madder in the art of dyeing. For this purpose it was, on its arrival, submitted for trial to some of the most experienced and skilful calico-printers in Glasgow, all of whom concurred in declaring it not to be a dye at all, and to be totally destitute of useful applications. My friend Professor BALFOUR, happening to hear of this circumstance, was so good...

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