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DYEING AND CALICO PRINTING.

Boil, and add when cold—

Red prussiate. I lb.

Yellow prussiate. 2 lbs.

Chlorate of potash . 2 „

These receipts admit of almost infinite variations.

No. 22. Cinnamon .—

Cochineal liquor, at 8° Tw...Logwood liquor, at 8° Tw...Berry liquor, at io° Tw.

Alum .

Cream of tartar.

Starch .

Boil, and add whilst still warm—

Tin crystals (protochloride)

No. 23. Drab .—

Lavender liquor .

Blue standard .

Bark liquor, at 8° Tw.

Gum-water, from 40 to 70 gals.

1 quart

1 »

1 »

6 ozs.

4 ..

3 ozs.

4 g^s.4

1 gal.

No. 24. Dark Drab .—

Berry liquor, at 12° Tw. .Gum-substituteBoil and cool, and next add—

Alum .

Copperas.

Logwood liquor, at 2° Tw.Cochineal liquor, at 3° Tw.

4 quarts7 lbs.

24 ozs.

16 „

1 quart

1 „

No. 25. Another Drab.

Boiling water. 3 quarts

“ Lilac standard ”. pints

Bark liquor, at 30° Tw. j pint

Yellow prussiate (dissolved in 1 pint hot water) .. 1 0z.

This mixture is thickened with gum according to circumstances.

No. 26. The Lilac Standard , above mentioned, is prepared thus:—

Logwood liquor, at 12 0 Tw. 8 gals.

Red liquor, at 18° Tw. 8 ,,

Oxalic acid . 4 lbs.

Sal-ammoniac . 5 „

Acetate of copper, crystallised. 2£ ,,

No. 27. Green ( for Cylinder-Work ).—

Berry liquor, at 12° Tw. 7 gals.

Yellow prussiate. 15 lbs.

Alum. 8 „

Gum-substitute .28 ,,

Boil, and add—

Tin crystals . 2 lbs.

Oxalic acid . .. 2 „