The Manual Of Colours And Dye Wares

Author : John William Slater
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266260905
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book The Manual of Colours and Dye Wares written by John William Slater and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Manual of Colours and Dye Wares: Their Properties, Applications, Valuation, Impurities and Sophistications; For the Use of Dyers, Printers, Drysalters, Brokers, Etc TI object of this Manual is to furnish, in brief space, an account of the chemical products and natural wares used in dyeing, printing, and the accessory arts - their properties, their applications, the means of ascertaining their respective values, and of detecting the impurities which may be present. My experience has convinced me that information of this kind is needed, both by makers, dealers, and consumers, and I am not aware of any work which exactly meets the demand. The last seven or eight years have been very fruitful in novelties, and have witnessed such an enlargement of the resources of tinctorial art as to render older authorities defective, and in some measure obsolete. It will be perceived that in the valuation of dye wares, I differ from certain authorities in relying more upon strictly chemical methods as distinguished from rule-of-thumb procedures. Without presuming to impugn the observations of others, I must say that having had prolonged opportunities of comparing the indications afforded by chemical tests with the valuations of experienced brokers and consumers, and again with the results obtained in actual use, I have found the first more reliable than the second. I believe that there are means of forging those outward features of colour, touch, taste, etc., upon which so many rely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.