Dyeing: comprising the dyeing and bleaching of wool, silk, cotton, flax, hemp, china grass &c. . ^ persevering Avith the ideasucceeded in bringing the thing into practical shape shownbefore us. To enable us to realise better the action of theapparatus, it is necessary to imagine the current that Avenotice boiling and rising up outside the steam pipe in acistern of boiling hot Avater to be taking place inside, andthe steam pipe itself being surrounded by steam in place ofAvater—in fact, just reverse the picture, and put AvatcrAvhere we usually have steam, and steam Avliere we usuallyhave Avater

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Dyeing: comprising the dyeing and bleaching of wool, silk, cotton, flax, hemp, china grass &c. . ^ persevering Avith the ideasucceeded in bringing the thing into practical shape shownbefore us. To enable us to realise better the action of theapparatus, it is necessary to imagine the current that Avenotice boiling and rising up outside the steam pipe in acistern of boiling hot Avater to be taking place inside, andthe steam pipe itself being surrounded by steam in place ofAvater—in fact, just reverse the picture, and put AvatcrAvhere we usually have steam, and steam Avliere we usuallyhave Avater, the only difference being that a number ofpipes are used instead of one. * From a lecture by Mr. J. B. Wilkinson, before the Society of Dyers andColourists in Bradford in 1887. 126 o p^ K& • <6A ??• E7

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