Grain.--Of False or Common Violets or Lilac.--Of
the Violet of Logwood.--Remarks.--Violet of Logwood and
Verdigris.--Violets of Brazil and Logwood.--Remarks.--Violets from
Brazil Wood and Archil. --Of Purple, Gillyflower, and of Fine Cochineal
or Purple.--Of False Purple.--Of Maroons, Cinnamons and White
Lees.--Remarks.--Of Nut Greys. Thorn Greys, Black and Iron Greys and
others of the same Species.--Of Black.--Softening of Black.--Black in
the Raw.--Remarks on Black.--Particular Process Communicated by M.
Hellot.--Genoa Crimson, a Process Proved in May, 1743.--Violet Crimson
of Italy.--Half Violet.--Genoa Black for Velvets.

Part III., =The Art of Dyeing Cotton and Linen Thread, together with the
Method of Stamping Silks, Cottons, etc.:= Of Dyeing in General.--Inquiry
concerning Wool, Silk, Cotton and Flax.--Of Wool.--Of Silk.--Of
Cotton.--Of Flax.--Conclusion from the Examination of Substances
Commonly Dyed.--Of Bleaching.--Preparation for Stuffs to be
Dyed.--Astringents.--Theory of Dyeing Stuffs Prepared with Alum.--Of
Colouring Substances.--Of Cochineal and Colouring Insects.--Of
Madder.--Of Vegetables Furnishing a Yellow Dye.--Of the Colouring Drugs
Used in Dyeing without Astringents.--Of Indigo.--Of Substances Used in
Dyeing Fawn and Root Colour.--Of Carthamus, Roucou, etc.--Of Black. =Of
Dyeing of Cotton Thread=: Of Cleansing.--Of the Colours Employed for the
Dyeing of Cotton Thread.--Of Blue.--Of Red.--Adrianople
Red.--Observations on this Dye.--Of Yellow.--Of Green.--Of Violet.--Of
Red Cinnamon.--Of Black.--Black for Linen and Cotton Thread by a
Combination of Colours.--Of Grey.--Of More Durable Greys.--Of Musk
Colour.--Olive and Duck Greens.--Of Browns, Maroons, Coffee Colours,
etc.--Of Silk Stuffs Dyed of Several Colours.--The Manner of Stamping
Silk, etc., in Europe.--Of a Linen with a Blue Ground and White
Pattern.--Of Saxon Blue.--Observations on this Dye.--=Indexes.=

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=THE DYEING OF COTTON FABRICS=: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and
Student. By FRANKLIN BEECH, Practical Colourist and Chemist. 272 pp.
Forty-four Illustrations of Bleaching and Dyeing Machinery. Demy 8vo.
1901. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.: Other Countries, 8s. 6d.;
strictly net.

=Contents.=

Chapters I., Structure and Chemistry of the Cotton Fibre.--II., Scouring
and Bleaching of Cotton.--III., Dyeing Machinery and Dyeing
Manipulations.--IV., Principals and Practice of Cotton D