Experiments on bleaching. : By Francis Home, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. To which are added, I. An experimental essay on the Use of Leys and Sours in Bleaching. By James Ferguson, M.D. II. An explanation of the effect of lime upon alkaline salts ; and a Method pointed out whereby it may be used with Safety and Advantage in Bleaching. By Joseph Black, M.D. III. An abstract of the foregoing essays, containing, Practical Rules and Plain Directions for the Preparation and Use of the Sours made of Oil of Vitriol, and of the Leys made of Bleaching-Ashes with the addition of Quick-Lime.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Home, Francis, 1719-1813.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lime.

Bleaching--Experiments--Early works to 1800.

Bleaching.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages,295 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed by T. Ewing, In Capel-Street, M.DCC.LXXI. [1771]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T126590.

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