Bleaching
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A one-page encyclopedia entry defining bleaching as the art of whitening cloth and other materials. It describes the traditional process for cotton and linen (removing weaver's paste, bucking in alkaline lye, grass exposure, souring, washing) and the later use of chlorine and chloride of lime. It also covers how wool, raw silk, cotton stockings and straw are whitened, including sulphur fumes.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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