Experiments on the dyeing properties of lichens / by W. Lauder Lindsay.

  • William Lauder Lindsay
Date:
[1854]
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Credit: Experiments on the dyeing properties of lichens / by W. Lauder Lindsay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Table Showing the effects of various Solvents and Reagents Name of Solvent or Reagent. I. Water—common spring—cold at temperature of 80° 120° Boiling Distilled—cold II. Alcohol [Spirits of wine]. III. Alkalies— Ammonia Liquor—strong — dilute Carbonate—solution, 2 grs.f Muriate—solution, 2 grs. — cold — sol. at temp, of 80° Potash Aq. potassse— — strong —' dilute Acetate, 2 grs. Bitartrate, 3 grs. Carbonate, 2 grs. Iodide of potassium, 2 grs Nitrate, 5 grs. Prussiate, 2 grs. Sulphate, 2 grs. Soda— Bicarbonate, 2 grs. Biborate (borax), 2 grs. Oarbonate, 4 grs. Chloride of sodium, 5 grs. Phosphate, 2 grs. Alkaline Earths— Baryta—nitrate, 2 grs. Lime, 2 grs., milk of—I cold J — boiling — at temp, of 80° Chloride of calcium, 2 grs, Period of Macera tion. 14 days 10 days 14 days £ hour 10 days 10 days 3 days 10 days 14 days 14 days 7 days 3 days 10 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 1 hour 7 days 14 days Roccella tinctoria. Thin variety from Lima. Thickest variety from Lima. Very pale sherry* Light claret Dirty brownish-red Pale sherry Unaltered Lt. crimson-purple Deep crimson-purple Pale brownish-red Deeper brownish-red Light claret Pale sherry Very pale sherry Brownish-red Very light red Pale brownish-red Unaltered Nearly unaltered Light brownish-red Cherry red Pale sherry Pale sherry Very light br.-red Light sherry Dirty sherry Light brownish-red Dirty brownish-red Light Claret Deeper claret Dirty claret colour Pale sherry colour Unaltered Rich crimson-pui'ple Rich deep purple Pale sherry Light claret Deep claret Very light claret Pale sherry Deep claret Light brownish-red Brownish-red Unaltered Nearly unaltered Deep sherry Deep claret Pale sherry Light brownish-red Light purple-red Deep purple-red Rich purple-red Light brownish-red * I have been somewhat embarrassed in the n very different from that in common use. t The number of grains appended to this and aniing of these colours. I endeavoured to arrange- other salts signifies the proportion in which they