1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 193.

How to

make JSlo. 1 Tin-Liquor. Take 2 quarts muriatic acid, killed with 24 ounces granulated tin. This will answer for woollen or cotton.

No. 194.

How to make No. 2 Tin-Liquor, for Yellow on Woollen, About 4 parts muriatic acid to 1 part sulphuric acid, killed with granulated tin. This will answer for yellow on cotton, also.

No. 195.

Slate on Woollen.

For 10 pounds of woollen goods, take 10 pounds sumach, boil it up 10 minutes, cool down, put in your goods, bring them to a boil a few minutes, take out; put in 4 pounds copperas, dissolve, cool down re-enter the goods, bring them to a boil, take out, wash, and finish. A quantity of iron-liquor, such as the calico-printers use, would be preferable to copperas. This slate may be varied by varying the proportion of copperas and sumach ; also, by adding a little peachwood, or any other red wood ; in this case, less copperas might be used.

No. 196.

Yellow on Wool. For 10 pounds of wool, bring a kettle of water to a scald, or to 180 degrees of heat; put in 4 pounds z