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A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . s wound on to the roller d, when the process is finished. As the products of combus-tion from the singeing are sometimes very unpleasant, they are carried l)y this apparatusinto the fire-place, where they are consumed. The arrows .show the passage of these vaporsfrom the surface of the cloth downwards into the hearth, and thence; into the fire. For goods to be finely printed both sides are singed ; for market bleaching, one , however, singeing is n
A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . s wound on to the roller d, when the process is finished. As the products of combus-tion from the singeing are sometimes very unpleasant, they are carried l)y this apparatusinto the fire-place, where they are consumed. The arrows .show the passage of these vaporsfrom the surface of the cloth downwards into the hearth, and thence; into the fire. For goods to be finely printed both sides are singed ; for market bleaching, one , however, singeing is not at all desired. The use of a line of gas jets instead of a red-liot plate, was introduced by Mr. SamuelHall. It has not, however, found its way generally into bleach works: the plate is pre-ferred. Gas jets are used necessarily in singeing threads. Shearing.—For fine printing, it is by some considered needful to shear the nap of thecloth instead of singeing it. The method is more expensive tiian singeing. Messrs. Matherand Piatt have made a machine which will shear (30 to 80 yards per III.—10 146
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