. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 3.—Commercial piece-dyeing in England (Tomlinson, 1854). A. Logwood-cutting machine—reduces blocks of logwood to usable chips. B. Logwood sawdust dye tubs—logwood is soaked before put into dye-beck. C. Mordanting: an alum cistern. At left center the unmordanted cloth is drawn into the cistern on the left, rolled overhead, drawn through a wringer, then stacked on the right. D. Dye-beck (dye vat). A worker winds the cloth over and under a series of rollers, keeping the cloth moving continuously through the dyebath to promote even dyeing
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 3.—Commercial piece-dyeing in England (Tomlinson, 1854). A. Logwood-cutting machine—reduces blocks of logwood to usable chips. B. Logwood sawdust dye tubs—logwood is soaked before put into dye-beck. C. Mordanting: an alum cistern. At left center the unmordanted cloth is drawn into the cistern on the left, rolled overhead, drawn through a wringer, then stacked on the right. D. Dye-beck (dye vat). A worker winds the cloth over and under a series of rollers, keeping the cloth moving continuously through the dyebath to promote even dyeing. E. Water extractor on the right, finished cloth being rolled on the left. liJ \ i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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