Blanchiment [Bleaching]
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A French encyclopedia article on the bleaching of textile fibers and fabrics (cotton, linen, hemp, wool and silk). It explains the theory of removing natural and added impurities, then describes the apparatus used for lye boiling, steeping, rinsing, washing and wringing, with engraved figures of vats, boilers, washing wheels, squeezing rollers and sizing and drying machines. It also covers chlorine and chloride-of-lime bleaching, souring and sulfurous acid treatments, finishing, and the specific practice for linen and hemp, wool (scouring and sulfuring) and silk (degumming and sulfuring).
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1891
- Language
- French
- Pages
- 22
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