On the Employment of Aloes as a Dye-Stuff
Page 1 of 1, a sample page, at reduced quality. Open the document to read it in full.
A short 1869 article from The Manufacturer and Builder on using aloes as a source of dyes. It explains that treating aloes with nitric acid produces chrysammic acid, gives a preparation procedure, and lists proportions for dyeing wool (brown, black, grayish blue), silk, cotton and linen. It also covers calico printing and use of the acid to fix archil and cudbear dyes as "liquid archil".
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1869
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
(A free account is all you need)
From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
Have missing pages or a better copy of this document, or another document to share? Contributing documents »