Modern Irish Process For
Modern Irish Process For 3000 Lb. Brown Linen. 1. Lime: 250 Lb. Lime. 2. Lime Boil : 14 Hours, Low Pressure, 3 To 8 Lb. ; Wash 40 Minutes In Stocks. 3. Sour : Hydrochloric Acid 2a° Tw., Steep 2 To 6 Hours ; Wash 40 Rainutes In Stocks, " ...
Modern Irish Process For
Modern Irish Process For 3000 Lb. Cream Linen. 1. Lime: 160 Lb. Lime. 2. Lime Boil : 10 To 12 Hours, Low Pressure, 3 To Lb. ; Wash 40 Minutes In Stocks. 3. Sour : Hydrochloric Acid, 21° Tw., Steep 2 To 4 Hours ; Wash 40 Minutes In Stocks; ...
Mordants
Mordants (fn., Mordants; Ger., Beizen). In Dyeing And Tissue-printing, A Very Important Part Is Played By "mordants." If We Examine The Action Of Colouring Matters Upon Organic Fibres And Tissues, We Find That They May Be Divided Into Two Great Classes. One Group—the So-called Substantive Colours—are Capable Of Attaching Themselves ...
N1tro Benzols Nitro Toluols
N1tro-benzols ; Nitro-toluols ; Nitro-xylols.—benzol, Toluol, And Xylol Dissolve In Nitric Acid, With Evolution Of Heat ; On The Addition Of Water, The Nitro-compounds Are Obtained, As Heavy Oily Liquids. By Boiling Benzol With Strong Nitric Acid, Or With A Mixture Of Strong Sulphuric And Nitric Acids, Dinitro-benzol Is Forrned. ...
Naphthalene
Naphthalene Dertvat1ves.—clavel (no. 2296, 1868) Obtains A Red Colour From Napthylamine (q. V.), Which Is Acted Upon At Ino (250° F.) With Equal Parts By Weight Glacial Acetic Acid And Nitrite Of Soda, Until The Red Colour Is Produced. The Colour, After Treatment With Water, Is Dissolved In Warm Diluted ...
Narcotics
Narcotics (fa., Narcotlques ; Ger., Schlafmittel). The Term " Narcotic " Is Applied To A Class Of Drugs, Which, In Medicinal Doses, Allay Morbid Susceptibility, Relieve Pain, And Produce Sleep ; But Which, In Poisonous Doses, Create Stupor, Coma, Convulsions, And Even Death. The Physiological Effects Of The Various Narcotics ...
Natural
Natural Water8.—we Shall Consider, First, Those Few Natural Aerated Waters Which Have Become, Or Are Likely T,o Become, Of Commercial Importance. Apullinaris Water.—this Favourite Beverage Is Obtained From The Apollinaris Brunner', A German Mineral Spring, Aituate In The Valley Of The Ahr, Not Far From Nenenahr. According To An Analysis ...
Nitric
Nitric Acid.—(fr., Acids Nitrique Or Azotique ; Ger., Salpetersaiire), Sometimes, In A Diluted Form, Called Aquafortis (eau Forte, Schcidewasser). Constituents, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, And Oxygen. Formula, Nitric Acid May Be Viewed As A Compound Of One Equivalent Of The Anhydrous Acid With One Equivalent Of Water. When Pure It Is A ...
Oils And Fatty Substances
Oils And Fatty Substances (fr., Huiles Et Corps Gras; Ger., Ode And Felt Waaren). The Dual Heading " Oils And Fatty Substances" Is Rendered Necessary By The Fact That, In Everyday Language, The Specific Terms " Oil " And " Fat " Are Very Widely, And Often Erroneously, Applied. The ...
Oranges 1
Oranges: (1) Full Lead Orange (60 Lb.).—boil 12 Lb. Sugar Of Lead In 12 Gal. Clear Lime-water, Till Dissolved ; Add This To Enough Cold Water. Work Yarns 5 Turns, And Wring. Dissolve 4 Lb. Bichromate Of Potash, And Add This To Cold Water. Work Yarns 5 Turns, And Wring. ...
Organic
Organic Morda.nms.—next Come A Number Of Bodies Having Little In Common, Save The Property Of Fixing Colours Upon Tissues; But Which Do Not, Like The Bulk Of The Substances Above Mentioned (silica And Sulphur Being The Only Exceptions), Form "lakes," If Brought Into Contact With Solutions Of Colouring Matters. Among ...
Ornamental
Ornamental Selected For Ornamental Purposes Are Of Two Kinds :—(1) Those Manifesting Beauty And Brilliancy Of Colour ; And (2) Those In Which The Barbules Are Long And Loose, Giving Beauty Of Form. Among The First Class, Are Included The Feathers, And Even The Entire Skins, Of A Vast Number ...
Other Proposed
Other Proposed 3firriions Os Paonuonorr.—the First Attempt To Make Sulphuric Acid From A Mixture Of Sulphurous Acid And Oxygen By Condensation In Platinum Was Made By Phillips. According To His Plan Sulphurous Acid From The Combustion Of Sulphur Is Mixed With An Excess Of Atmospheric Air And Forced Through A ...
Oxalic Acid
Oxalic Acid. (fa., Acide Oxaliqu E; Ger., Sauerkleesaure). Formula, ' Oxalic Acid Exists In The Crystallized Form In Transparent, Quadrangular Prisms. The Crystals Are Soluble In Nine Times Their Weight Of Cold Water, Hut Require Only Their Own Weight Of Boiling Water ; They Are Also Soluble In Alcohol. In ...
Padding
Padding Style.—this Is A Further Modification Of The Madder Style. The Pieces Are Padded Over With Red And Black Liquor, Dried In The So-called Padding-flue ; The Pattern Is Printed On In Lime-juice And Bisulphate Of Potash, Thickened Generally With Starch, Thus Removing The Mordant From Certain Parts. After Ageiug, ...
Parkesine Celluloid
Celluloid, Parkesine, Or Xylonite. (fn. And Ger Celluloid.) "celluloid " Is Decidedly The Most Convenient Name For This Product, As It Is The One In General Use. It Consists Virtually Of Vegetable Fibre, Treated With A Mixture Of Nitric And Sulphuric Acids, And Which, For Want Of A Better Term, ...
Pearl And Coral
Pearl And Coral. Two Marine Products Bearing Some Resemblance To Each Other In Origin, Occurrence, Mode Of Pro Curing, Artistic Application, And Value, Are Pearl And Coral. Pearl (fe., Perle; Gee., Perle).—many Molluscs Line The Interior Of Their Shells With A Coating Formed Of Alternate Layers Of Animal Membrane And ...
Or Application Spirit Colour
Spirit Colour Style, Or Application Style Differs From The Steam Style, Because The Colours Employed Contain So Large A Proportion Of Acid Mordants, Chiefly The Chlorides Of Tin (or, As They Are Technically Called, "spirits"), That Steaming Would Be Impracticable. After Printing, The Goods Are Carefully Dried, Aged For A ...
Or Argal Argol
Argol, Or Argal. (fe., Tartre Brut ; Gan., Weinstein2,—argol Is The Crude Tartar Which, After The Fermentation Of Wine, Is Deposited On The Sides Of The Cask, Along With Tartrate Of Lime, Colouring Matter, &c., In A Thick Crust Which May Be Easily Detached. It Is Composed Chiefly Of Bi-tartrate ...
Or Bi Borate Of Soda
Borax, Or Bi-borate Of Soda. (fb., Borax, Borate De Soude ; Gm., Borax, Borsauresnatron.) The Word Borax Forms A Convenient Heading For This Article, As The Term Is Universally Lmown ; But, Having Regard To The Fact That Various Other Borates, As Well As Native Boracic Acid Itself, Are Utilized ...
Or Cacao Fr Cocoa
Cocoa, Or Cacao. (fr., Ca,cao; Ger., Cacao) This Product Is The Fruit Of The " Cocoa-" Or " Chocolate-tree " (principally Theobroma Cacao), A Tropical Evergreen Shrub, Belonging To The Order Byttneriacecs. It Is Altogether Distinct From The " Coco-" Or " Coker-nut " (cocos Nucifera)—see Nuts ; And From ...
Or Chlorhydric Acid Hydrochloric
Hydrochloric, Or Chlorhydric Acid. (fa., Acide Chlorhydrique ; (;1,11., Saure.) Constituents, Hydrogen And Chlorine; Formula, Iici ; Molecular Weight, Specific Gravity, 18.25. This Most Important Body, Tho Only Known Compound Of Hydrogen And Chlorine, Was First Obtained In A Gaseous State By Priestley In 1772; Its Solution In Water, However, ...
Or Indian Sarsaparilla
Indian Sarsaparilla, Or Nonnari-root.—this Drug, Which Has No Affinity To The Preceding, Ie Furnished By Ilemidesmus Indices (periploca Indica, Asclepias Pseudo-sarsa), A Twining Shrub Of India And Ceylon. The Drug Is Said To Be Alterative, Tonic, Diuretic, And Diaphoretic, But It Is Seldom Used Iu England, And That Which Reaches ...
Or Oxyanthraoene Anthraquinone
Anthraquinone, Or Oxyanthraoene. Ci4e802.—by Acting Upon Anthracene With Oxidizing Agents, Anthraquinone Is Produced. Bromine, Nitric Acid, And Chromic Acid, Have Been Employed For The Purpose. It Is Obtained By The Action Of Chromic Acid, Set Free By Adding Strong Sulphuric Acid To A Solution Of Biehromate Of Potash ; The ...
Or Succory Chicory
Chicory, Or Succory. (fa., Chicoree ; Ger., Cichorie, Viregwart,) The Chicory Of Commerce Is A Product Of The Chicorium Intybus, A Plant Of The Dandelion Family, Closely Related To The Common Endive. In Its Wild State, It Is Indigenous To Great Britain, Occurring Most Frequently In Dry, Chalky Soils, And ...