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...
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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 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 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. First Published in English in 1789. Six Plates. Demy 8vo. 446 pp.
Page 560 - Ethyl carbamate melts at about 50", and distils at 182°. It is sparingly soluble in water, but readily soluble in alcohol and in ether. Treated in the cold with alcoholic potash, it yields crystals of potassium cyanate, KCNO. When heated with ammonia, urethane is converted into urea. 1 Phenyl-unthane, NH(C«H»1.CO.O(C1Hs), has been employed medicinally, as an antipyretic and antirheumatic, under the name of "euphorin.
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...
Page 482 - By passing a current of air through a hot solution of indican in dilute hydrochloric acid containing a little ferric chloride, 91 per cent. of the indican was converted into indigotin according to the equation — 2C14H17NO, + O2 = CnH10N2O2 + aQHuO.
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.
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