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No. 185. Scarlet. 3 gallons standard No. 186, 1 quart berry liquor at 10 T., 

 4| Ibs. starch ; boil, and add 8 oz. binoxalate of potash, 8 oz. oxalic acid, l Ib. pink 

 salts, pint oxymuriato of tin at 120 T. 



No. 186. Standard. 2 Ibs. fine-ground cochineal, 6 quarts water, 1 quart red liquor 

 at 20 T., 4 oz. nitric acid, 2 oz. oxalic acid ; boil 20 minutes, and strain off. 



No. 187. Medium Slue. 6 gallons standard blue, No. 188, 1 quart oxymuriato of 

 tin at 120 T., added gradually, and beaten fine, then 2 quarts extract of indigo. 



No. 188. Standard Blue. 10 Ibs. yellow prussiate of potash, 3 Ibs. alum, 21bs. 

 oxalic acid, 4 gallons water, 4 gallons 6-lb. gum-water. 



No. 189. Medium Green. 8 quarts berry liquor at 8 T., 3 Ibs. yellow prussiate 

 of potash, llb. alum, 7 quarts 6-lb. gum-water, 1 quart water, 1 quart acetic acid, 

 14 oz. weight muriate-of-tin liquor, 1 pint extract of indigo. 



No. 190. Lilac. 8 quarts lavender liquor No. 191, 6 oz. oxalic acid, 2 oz. measure 

 extract of indigo, 8 quarts 6 Ibs. gum-Senegal water. 



No. 191. Lavender Liquor. 2 gallons red liquor, 10 Ibs. ground logwood; steep 12 

 hours, and strain off. 



No. 192. Dove. 6 quarts blue for doves, No. 193, 4 quarts lavender liquor No. 191, 8 

 quarts 6-lb. gum-Senegal water. 



No. 193. Slue for Doves. 5 quarts water, 2 Ibs. yellow prussiate of potash, 2 Ibs. 

 alum, 5 quarts 6-lb. gum-water, 1 pint extract of indigo. 



No. 194. Orange. 3 gallons berry liquor at 10 T., 9 Ibs. gum-Senegal, 3 pints red 

 mordant No. 198, 12 oz. muriate-of-tin crystals ; boil 15 minutes. 



No. 195. Drab Standard. 6 quarts purple liquor No. 196, 1 quart bark liquor at 

 10 T., \ pint red liquor at 20 T., pint extract of indigo. 



Drabs are made from this by reducing with gum-water, .about 1 to 3. 



No. 196. Purple Liquor. 1 gallon lavender liquor No. 191, 3 oz. oxalic acid. 



No. 197. Silver-drab Standard. 3 quarts gall liquor at 12 T., 2 quarts standard 

 blue No. 188, 1 quart lavender liquor No. 191. 



Colours reduced with gum-water from this, 1 to 2 or 3. 



No. 198. Bed, Mordant. 1 gallon water, 6 Ibs. alum, 3 Ibs. white acetate of lead ; 

 stir till dissolved, let settle and use the clear. 



No. 199. Buff Standard. 1 quart cochineal liquor at 8 T., 3J quarts berry liquor 

 at 10 T., 1 quart red mordant No. 198, 20 oz. oxalic acid. 



Colours reduced from this with gum-water. 



No. 200. Olive. 1 quart lavender liquor No. 191, 2 quarts berry liquor at 10 T., 

 2 quarts 8-lb. gum-Senegal water. 



Aniline Colours for Mousseline-de-Laines. 



No. 201. Pale Magenta. 6 oz. measure of solution of 4 oz. magenta crystals in 4 

 quarts methylated spirit, 3 quarts of gum-gedda solution at 3 Ibs. per gallon, 1 pint of 

 6-lbs. egg-albumen solution. 



No. 202. Medium Magenta. Same as No. 201, but 18 fluid ounces of magenta 

 solution. 



No. 203. Pale Violet. 6 oz. measure of Hofmann's Violet (spirituous solution), 3| 

 quarts of 3-lbs. gum-gedda solution, 1 pint of 6-lb. blood-albumen solution. 



No. 204. Medium Violet. The same as No. 203, but 18 oz. fluid of Violet solution. 



No. 205. Strong Solution. 28 fluid oz. of Hofmann's Violet, 3 quarts of water, 2 

 1 Ib. white British gum ; boil, cool, add 1 pint of 6-lb. blood-albumen solution. 



No. 206. Strong Mauve. 8 Ibs. flour, 4 Ibs. white British gum, 10 quarts water, 5 

 quarts Mauve Standard ; boil, cool, and add 6 quarts of 6-lb. blood-albumen solution. 



No. 207. Mauve Standard. 6 oz. Brook, Simpson, and Spiller's E Violet, 2 quarts 

 acetic acid, 2 quarts of water. 



No. 208. Pale Mauve. 1J gallon of 6-lb. blood-albumen solution, 3J gallons of 

 gum-gedda solution, 30 fluid ounces of Mauve Standard. 



No. 209. Iodine Green. 8 quarts of 6-lb. blood-albumen, 3 quarts of gum-gedda 

 solution, l pint of glycerine arsenical solution No. 134, l pint acetic acid, 1 quart 

 of iodine green paste. 



In mousseline-de-laine printing success depends more on the bleaching and prepar- 

 ing of the cloth than in any other style. To Mr. John Mercer is due the merit of 

 having effected an improvement in the preparation of woollen fabrics, the importance 

 of which can hardly be overrated. Before his discovery of the power of prepared 

 wool to absorb chlorine, mousseline-de-laines could only be effectively printed* by block, 

 which allows a large body of colour to bo laid on, and the fibre supersaturated with 

 it. Machine colours were meagre and dull. But mousseline-de-laines prepared with 

 tin, and then subjected to the action of chlorine gas (as in the process given above, 

 where the acid salt of tin remaining in the cloth disengages chlorine from the chlorida 



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