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Notes Upon Indigo

Chapter 11: BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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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.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Citations of authorities having been but partially made in the preceding article, the writer, for the purpose of giving his sources of information, and for the convenience of those who wish to pursue the subject further, appends a list of the more important works which he has consulted:—

Schutzenberger’s Traité des Matières Colorantes, t. ii. (the most recent and best modern authority); Bancroft’s Philosophy of Permanent Colors, vol. i.; Edinburgh Encyclopædia; Berzelius, Traité de Chimie, t. vi; Chevrueil, Leçons de Chimie Appliquée à Teinture, t. iii.; Dumas, Chimie Appliquée aux Arts, t. viii; Wurtz, Dictionnaire de Chimie, 1872, art. Indigo; Indigo et son Emploi, par De Kæppelin; Annales du Génie Civil, 1864, t. iii.; Lectures of Dr. Grace Calvert, Chemical News, Aug. 9 and 23, 1872; O’Neill’s Dictionary of Dyeing and Printing; Napier’s Chemistry Adapted to Dyeing; Muspratt’s Chemistry Applied to the Arts, articles Indigo and Dyeing; Ure’s Dictionary of Manufactures, ed. of 1860; Proceedings of Royal Society, vol. xvi.; Proceedings of Literary and Philosophic Society of Manchester, vol. iv.; McCulloch’s Dictionary of Commerce, ed. 1869; Dictionnaire Universel du Commerce, &c., ed. 1861; South Carolina Production.—Ramsay’s History; Drayton’s South Carolina; Silliman’s Journal, vol. xviii. A more complete bibliography is given in Schutzenberger’s work.