THE DYER'S GUIDE;
Reading edition
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.