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CLOTH BEING DELIVERED EROM THE TENTER TREATMENT 



The cloth is laid out in neat folds by the swinging arm of this machine, vibrating back 

 and forth. It is then taken to the presses, where it passes between heavy polished steel rollers 

 and receives its ironing (see text, page 225). 



and then dried by being drawn over cop- 

 per drums filled with hot steam, after 

 which it is wound into big rolls about the 

 diameter of a large bass drum. It is now 

 ready for printing. 



Suppose our piece of calico is to be 

 printed with a design of eight colors. 

 Eight rollers are etched, and the eight 

 pots of dye, or "color," mixed, the mix- 

 tures consisting of gums from Asia and 

 Africa, starches from Iowa, and dye- 



stuffs from everywhere, boiled and re- 

 duced to the consistency of glue. 



The printing-machine is a large iron 

 frame supporting a cylinder four or five 

 feet wide. Arranged around it are the 

 copper rollers, each ready to put on its 

 color as the cylinder revolves, bearing 

 the cloth to each in turn. 



Each of the eight rollers runs in its 

 own particular pan of color. A revolv- 

 ing brush spreads the color on the rollers, 



