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The art of bleaching piece-goods, cottons, and threads, of every description : rendered more easy and general by means of the oxygenated muriatic acid : with the method of rendering painted or printed goods perfectly white or colourless : to which are added, the most certain methods of bleaching silk and wool, and the discoveries made by the author in the art of bleaching paper ...

Title
The art of bleaching piece-goods, cottons, and threads, of every description : rendered more easy and general by means of the oxygenated muriatic acid : with the method of rendering painted or printed goods perfectly white or colourless : to which are added, the most certain methods of bleaching silk and wool, and the discoveries made by the author in the art of bleaching paper ... / by Pajot des Charmes ... ; translated from the French, with an appendix.
Author
Pajot des Charmes, C.
Publication
London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson ..., 1799.

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Additional Authors
  • Nicholson, William, 1753-1815.
  • Mutlow, Henry.
Description
xvi, 351, [1] p., IX folded leaves of plates : ill.; 22 cm. (8vo)
Alternative Title
  • Art of bleaching.
  • Art of bleaching cottons, threads, &c.
Subject
  • Bleaching > Early works to 1800
  • Chlorine > Early works to 1800
  • Waste paper > Recycling > Early works to 1800
Note
  • "The method of bleaching written or printed papers and rags, whether unbleached, dyed or coloured. The following processes are extracted from different memoirs addressed to the Committee of Commerce of the French National Convention; also to the Commission of Subsistences and Provisions, on the 24th Frimaire, the 15th Pluviose, and the 9th, 14th, and 21st of Germinal, in the second year of the French republic": p. 266-270.
  • Translation of: L'art du blanchiment des toiles, fils et cotons de tout genre (Paris, 1798).
  • Half title: The art of bleaching.
  • Running title: The art of bleaching cottons, threads, &c.
  • "Advertisement by the translator" (p. [v]-vi) signed: William Nicholson.
  • Signatures: a-b⁸ B-Z⁸.
  • Illustrations: Mutlow sc. 9 prints (78 figs.) : engraving ; image 32 x 19 cm. (7) and 19 x 32 cm. (2). Copies of the plates in the original French ed. Plate marks partly trimmed. Subject: Bleaching machinery.
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  • ESTC
Call Number
Schlosser 588
LCCN
03030449
OCLC
  • 5057728
  • NYPG90-B28719
Author
Pajot des Charmes, C.
Title
The art of bleaching piece-goods, cottons, and threads, of every description : rendered more easy and general by means of the oxygenated muriatic acid : with the method of rendering painted or printed goods perfectly white or colourless : to which are added, the most certain methods of bleaching silk and wool, and the discoveries made by the author in the art of bleaching paper ... / by Pajot des Charmes ... ; translated from the French, with an appendix.
Imprint
London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson ..., 1799.
Indexed In:
ESTC T094072
Local Note
Provenance: H.H. Peach (bookplate).
Local Subject
Paper -- Bleaching -- Early works to 1800.
Added Author
Nicholson, William, 1753-1815.
Mutlow, Henry.
Added Title
Art of bleaching.
Art of bleaching cottons, threads, &c.
Research Call Number
Schlosser 588
VLF (Pajot des Charmes, C. Art of bleaching piece-goods)
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