ELEMETS OF THE ART OF DYEING;; with description of the art of bleaching by oxymuriatic acid. Translated from the French, with notes and engravings, illustrative and supplementary by Andrew Ure, ... in two volumes
London: Tegg et. al. 1824. Second edition. 8vo, with 9 engraved plates (4 folding). Bound in rubbed contemporary 3/4 calf, some foxing and soiling, generally a very good copy. Second edition of "the first modern book on dyeing and the first general theory of its principles."-Duveen, p. 74. Item #39524
Berthollet was most noted for applying the [then] newly- discovered oxygenated muriatic acid to vegetable colors for the purpose of bleaching. The revolutionary results of Berthollet's experiments, conducted in collaboration with his son, A. B. Berthollet, were first published in 1791, in their "Elemens de l'Art de la Teinture." In 1809,The Scottish chemist Andrew Ure translated this second edition, adding his own notes & additional illustrative plates. Ure's edition includes details of the newest research on dyeing & dyestuffs, particularly the discoveries of J. B. Vitalis which appeared in his "Cours Elementaire de Teinture" [Paris, 1823]. In addition, the plates Ure includes depict some of the newest machinery used in the active English dyeing establishments of the period. Ure also included a table for converting French weights & measures into the English equivalents.
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