| Early English newspapers - 1787 - 618 pages
...the inky tinge of the water o^ee fcrves as a kind of <lye to the fiat, which imbibes it Jo (Irongly, that double the labour in bleaching will hardly bring the linen made of fucli flax toan equality in whitenefs with linen made of flax untinged. This fecms to be here in a... | |
| English literature - 1788 - 678 pages
...knowing when it is jua enough, aod not too much, огретhaps from neglect. In ponde the inky tinge of the water often ferves as a kind of dye to the...in whitenefs with linen made of flax untinged. This feemt to be equally unwife as though we were to dye cotton black firft, in order to whiten it afterwards.... | |
| William Winterbotham - America - 1795 - 558 pages
...imbibes it fo ftrongly, that double the labour in bleaching will hardly bring the linen made of fucb flax to an equality in whitenefs with linen made of...cotton black firft, in order to whiten it afterwards. Thefc ponds, befides, become a great npifance to tfe neighbourhood ; the impregnated water is often... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...it is juft enough, and not too much, or perhaps from negleft. In ponds, the inky tinge of the watet often ferves as a kind of dye to the flax, which imbibes...bring the linen made of fuch flax to an equality in whitcnefs with linen made of " Boiling water perhaps might at once citar the new flax from many impurities,... | |
| English literature - 1788 - 688 pages
...ponds the inky tinge of the water often ferves as a kind^. of dye to the flax, which imbibes it ft) ftrongly, that double the labour in bleaching will...equally unwife as though we were to dye cotton black firfl, in order to whiten it afterwards. Thefe ponds, betides, become a great nuifance to the neighbourhood... | |
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