A short 1869 article giving M. Bloch's recipe for producing an aniline gray dye. It describes heating aniline with arsenic acid, purifying the black product with muriatic acid and carbonate of soda, and dissolving it in alcohol with sulphuric acid. The resulting liquor is used to dye silk or wool in shades of gray and for dyeing and printing. Reprinted from Moniteur Scientifique.