Indigo
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Encyclopedia article on indigo covering its origin and history as a dyestuff, the plant species that yield it, and how natural indigo is extracted by fermentation and oxidation. It also describes the industrial synthesis of artificial indigo from coal-tar products, the vat dyeing of cotton, linen, wool and silk, and printing with indigo by discharge and resist methods. It ends with a bibliography and includes an engraving of an indigo plant.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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