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INDEX. 



Index. 



n> 



Acetate of alumine, how prepa- 

 red, n" 211. 



of lead, its use in prepa- 

 ring the acetate of alu- 

 mine, 211. 

 of iron, its preparation 



and use as a dye, 94. 

 Acids, solvents of certain colour- 

 ing matters, 51. 

 Adjectivecolouringmatters, what, 



Adrianople red. See Turkey Red. 

 Air, direct exposure to, one of 



the sure tests of colour, 174. 

 Alkalies, solvents of certain co- 

 louring matters, 50. 

 Alterants, nature of, 202. 

 Alum, whether its use as a mor- 

 dant was known to the 

 ancients, 17. 



its attraction for animal 

 substances, and colour- 

 ing matters, 206. 

 Alumine, its attraction for co- 

 louring matters, 207. 

 acetate of, how prepa- 

 red, 211. 



pyrolignite of, how pre- 

 pared, 212. 

 Angles, his process for dyeing 



silk black, 426. 



Animal substances, in what re- 

 spect they ditt'er from 

 vegetable matters, 182. 

 their attraction to alum, 



206. 



Annotta, its ose in dyeing, 80. 

 employed for giving a 

 poppy colour to silk, 

 292. 



Archil, discovery of, 21. 

 account of, 84. 

 preparation of, 86. 

 various, kinds of, 87. 

 its properties as a dye, 89. 

 how affected by alum and 

 nitro-muriate of tin, 90. 

 Arsenic, oxides of, used as mor- 

 dants, 222. 



Astringents, general view of, 227. 

 objections to the term 

 as usually employ- 

 ed, 230. 

 properties of different 



-ub-'inre- il ; -ill 



as such, 232. 

 their attraction for 



stuffs, 233. 

 A-tracan, process followed there, 



for dyeing Turkey red, 

 Aurora colour, how given to wool, 



324. 



colour, how given to silk, 

 329. 



B 



Bancroft, important services he 

 has rendered to dye- 

 ing, 33. 

 his experiments on the 



buccinum, 64. 

 his experiments on the 



barasat vcrte, 75. 

 his method of preparing 



cudbear, 88. 

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Bancroft, his experiments on lac, 



116. 



his objections to Berthol- 

 let's theory of colour- 

 ing matters, 167. 

 his experiments on the 

 durability of colours, 

 170. 



his opinion respecting the 

 cause of the little at- 

 traction of cotton for co- 

 louring matters, 197. 

 his method of preparing 

 the acetate of alumine, 

 212. 



his experiments on the 

 salts of tin as mor- 

 dants, 215. 

 his process for dyeing 



scarlet, 25j. 



discovers that colour to 

 be of a compound na- 

 ture, 256. 



and proposes, in conse- 

 quence, a new process 

 for dyeing it, 260. 

 his experiments with the 

 murio-sulphate of tin, 

 264. 

 his process for dyeing 



silk scarlet, 288. 

 his observations on I'.i- 

 pillon's process for 

 dyeing Turkey red, 

 302. 

 his process for dyeing 



wool yellow, 317. 

 his process for dyeing 



silk yellow, 328. 

 his process for dyeing 

 wool Saxon blue, 351. 

 his process for dyeing 

 Saxon green upon 

 wool, 3?!. 



his process for dyeing 

 violet and purple, 393. 

 his observations respect- 

 ing the ordinary mode 

 of dyeing black, 435. 

 Barasat verte, account of, 75. 

 Barwood, its use in dyeing, 134. 

 Bastard saffron. See Carthamus. 

 Bergman, his theory of mordants, 



30. 

 his process for dyeing 



Saxon blue, 351. 

 Berthollet, important services he 

 has rendered to dye- 

 ing, 30. 



his opinion respecting 

 the purple colour af- 

 forded by certain shell 

 fish, fit.' 



his experiments on mor- 

 dants, 205. 



his experiments on as- 

 tringents, 232. 

 his mistake respecting 

 the action of nitro- 

 muriate of tin, in 

 dyeing scarlet, 258. 

 Bismuth, nitrate of, used as a 



mordant, 221. 



Bixa orellana. See Annotuu 

 Black not properly a colour, 408. 



Black, Hellot's process for dyeing 



it upon wool, 411. 

 common process for dyeing 

 it upon coarse stuffs, 414. 

 Bergman's process for dye- 

 ing it upon coarse stuffs, 

 415. 

 light and heavy upon silk, 



421. 



vat for, 423. 



process for dying it upon cot- 

 ton, 430. 



Black vat, description of, 430. 

 Blue, processes for dyeing it upon 



wool, 340. 

 processes for dyeing it upon 



silk, 359. 

 processes for dyeing it upon 



cotton, 364. 



Blue (Saxon) Bergman's process 

 for dyeing it upon 

 vod.SU. 



Quatremere and Poer- 

 ner's process for dye- 

 ing it upon wool, 

 352. 



Bow dye, what, 23. 

 Brazil-wood, etymology of the 



word, 129. 

 solvents of its colouring 



matter, 130. 

 properties of the solu- 

 tion, 131. 



how affected by keep- 

 ing, 132. 



Braziletto, its use as a dye, 134. 

 Brown, process for dyeing it upon 



wool, 418. 

 Buff colours, how communicated 



by the salts of iron, 94. 

 Byttelet, a species of archil used 

 as a dye, 88. 



Casalpinia sappan, its qualities 



as a dye, lit*. 



Calcareous waters, their injurious 

 effects upon certain colours, 47. 

 Caldrons used in dyeing, 238. 

 Campcachy wood. See Logwood. 

 Camwood, its use in dyeing, 134. 

 Carmine, how prepared, 105. 

 Carthamus, history of, 81. 



method of extracting its 



colouring matter, 82. 



how to prepare rouge 



from it, 83. 

 employed to dy upon 



wool, 279. 

 and upon silk, 291. 

 baths of, should be 

 used immediately af- 

 ter being prepared, 

 UK 



C'haptal, his labours to promote 

 the improvement of 

 dyeing, 30. 



his remarks on the pro- 

 cesses for dyeing Tur- 

 key red, 309. 



Chay, its properties as a dye, 126. 

 Cherry red, method of dyeing it, 



291. 



Chinese, their method of impro- 

 ving a black colour, 427. 

 2M 



Coccus cacti. See Cochineal. 

 Coccus ilicis. See Kcrrnes. 

 Coccus Polonicus, its use in dye- 

 ing, 109. 

 Cochineal, introduction of it as a 



dye, 23. 

 Cochineal, its external characters, 



102. 

 its properties as a dye, 



103. 

 effects of the salts of 



tin upon it, 104. 

 saving of, by Dr Ban- 

 croft's method of dye- 

 ing scarlet, 260. 



Cocq, his account of the prepara- 

 tion of archil, 86. 

 Colbert, his endeavours to pro- 

 mote the art of dyeing, 25. 

 Cole, his experiments on purple 



shell fish, 59. 

 Collomb, his method of scouring 



silk, 193. 



Colour, in what it consists, 37. 

 not inherent in bodies, 



39. 



simple and compound, 52. 

 hypothesis of Prieur re- 

 specting it, 53. 

 effects of light on it, 161. 

 nxymuriatic acid used as 



a test of, 168. 

 Dufay's method of deter- 

 mining its durability. 

 173. 



Colouring matter not confined to 

 any particular ve- 

 getable principle, 



division of, into ex- 

 tractive and resi- 

 nous, 42. 

 different solvents of, 



43. 



mechanical processes 

 to prepare it for 

 solution, 44. 

 division of, into sub- 

 stantive and adjec- 

 tive, 54. 

 animal substantive, 



55. 

 vegetable substan. 



tive, 69. 

 mineral substantive, 



02. 



animal adjective, 100. 

 vegetable adjective, 



121. 

 their attraction for 



alumine, 207. 

 and for metallic 



oxides, 208. 



Columna (Fabius) his account of 

 the shell fish yielding the Ty- 

 nan purple, 56. 



Composition. See Tin, (nitre- 

 muriate of,) 

 Compound colours, general view 



of, 372. 



division of, 373. 



Conchylium, a shell fish afford- 

 ing the Tynan purple, 55. 

 Copper, oxides of, proposed to bf 

 used as a dve, 97. 



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