The Dyer's Guide / Being a compendium of the art of dyeing linen, cotton, silk, wool, muslin, dresses, furniture, &c. &c.; with the method of scouring wool, bleaching cotton, &c., and directions for ungumming silk, and for whitening and sulphuring silk and wool; and also an introductory epitome of the leading facts in chemistry, as connected with the art of dyeing

by Thomas Packer

EPITOME OF COLOURS.

Colours obtained by Sir Isaac Newton's method of decomposing the rays of light, the least refrangible being placed first, the most refrangible last. See p. 18.

Red. Orange. Yellow. Green.
Blue. Indigo. Violet.

THE DYER'S COLOURS AND THEIR CHIEF COMPOUNDS.

SIMPLE COLOURS.

Blue, Yellow, Red, Black[1].
Red includes Crimson, Scarlet, Maroon, Pink, &c.

COMPOUND COLOURS.

Green is made with Blue and Yellow.

Orange with Red and Yellow.

Purple	⎫
Violet	⎬	with Blue and Red.
Lilac	⎭

Greys with Black, Blue, and Red.

	⎧	Blue, Yellow, and Black;
Olives with	⎨	or
	⎩	Blue, Yellow, and Red;

[1] Black according to the theory of Newton, denotes the absence, and White the presence of all colours.

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THE
DYER'S GUIDE;

BEING A
COMPENDIUM OF THE ART OF DYEING
LINEN, COTTON, SILK, WOOL, MUSLIN, DRESSES, FURNITURE, &c. &c.

WITH THE METHOD OF
SCOURING WOOL, BLEACHING COTTON, &c.

AND
DIRECTIONS FOR UNGUMMING SILK, AND FOR WHITENING AND SULPHURING SILK AND WOOL.

AND ALSO
AN INTRODUCTORY EPITOME OF THE LEADING FACTS IN CHEMISTRY, AS CONNECTED WITH THE ART OF DYEING.

By THOMAS PACKER,
DYER AND PRACTICAL CHEMIST.

"Cet arte est un des plus utiles et des plus merveilleux qu'on connoisse."

Chaptal.

"There is no art which depends so much on chemistry as dyeing."

Garnett.

SECOND EDITION,
CORRECTED AND MATERIALLY IMPROVED.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, GILBERT, AND PIPER,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1830.