WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
Notes Upon Indigo cover

Notes Upon Indigo

Chapter 1: NOTES UPON INDIGO.
Open in WeRead

About This Book

An essay examines indigo as a central dye for wool and cotton, tracing its extraction, historical commerce, and practical use in textile manufacture. It describes indigo's exceptional resistance to air and light, its role as a foundation for blacks, greens, and purples, and contrasts its stability with the brighter but fugitive aniline dyes that have displaced it. The text argues for renewed use of indigo on economic and aesthetic grounds, notes manufacturers' and consumers' conflicting preferences, and cites military regulations and industrial practice to illustrate how indigo yields durable, consistent hues in finished fabrics.

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Notes Upon Indigo

This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.

Title: Notes Upon Indigo

Author: John L. Hayes

Release date: May 3, 2020 [eBook #62008]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Ronald Grenier. (This file was produced from
images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTES UPON INDIGO ***

Transcriber’s Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

NOTES UPON INDIGO.

BY

JOHN L. HAYES,
SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOOL MANUFACTURERS, FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY, AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA.
From “The Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers.”

BOSTON:
PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON.
1873.