China : a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people . xxiii.] DYEING AND CALENDERmO. 145 Lord Jeffreys expression, over the fabric. When sufficientlyexposed to the action of the sun, the cloth is placed in the handsof the calenderer, each dyehouse being provided with two or threeof this class of workmen. The Chinese mode of calendering isvery rude and simple. A wooden roller, round which the clothhas been wound, is placed on a board about three feet square,which is made fast to the earth. Upon the roller is placed alarge stone (see engraving). The workman, standing upon thestone,
China : a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people . xxiii.] DYEING AND CALENDERmO. 145 Lord Jeffreys expression, over the fabric. When sufficientlyexposed to the action of the sun, the cloth is placed in the handsof the calenderer, each dyehouse being provided with two or threeof this class of workmen. The Chinese mode of calendering isvery rude and simple. A wooden roller, round which the clothhas been wound, is placed on a board about three feet square,which is made fast to the earth. Upon the roller is placed alarge stone (see engraving). The workman, standing upon thestone, sets it in motion with his feet, and succeeds in imparting tothe cloth a bright glossy appearance. This mode of calenderingappears to be universally practised throughout China. At Nankin,.Woo-see, and other cities on the banks of the Grand Canal,I observed that the stones used for this purpose were muchheavier than those used at Canton. The calenderers, however,in the northern cities are much inferior as workmen to those ofCanton. Prussian blue is also much used
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