After leaving the loom each piece is laid separately in the bleaching kier. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
= Turkey Red Bleach = -- (1) Rinse through water into a kier and boil for two hours. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
The liquor ultimately finds its way to the bottom of the kier ready to be blown up again. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
Raw echinus (“kier-bang”), saline and tonic, would clear the palate for succeeding delicacies. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
The length of boil is usually about twelve hours in a low-pressure kier; in a high-pressure kier about seven hours is sufficient. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
One method is to lime by steeping for an hour in a weak lime liquor, using about 2 lb. of lime to 100 lb. of goods; they are then boiled in the kier for eight hours, after which they are washed. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
Many forms of kiers have been devised, but the one in most general use is that known as the "injector kier," of which a drawing is given in Fig. 4, of the form made by Messrs. Mather & Platt of Salford. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
The length of the boil depends upon the kiers; with the open kier about ten hours are usually given, with the Barlow and injector kiers, working at a pressure of 40 lb. to 50 lb., six to seven hours are given. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
Then again care should be taken, especially when using low-pressure kiers, to see that the supply of liquor does not get too low, in which case the goods in the upper part of the kier are liable to get dry and are tendered thereby. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
After this washing they are boiled again in the kier with soda ash, using about 8 lb. ash for 100 lb. goods and giving seven hours 'boil, which, after washing, is followed by a second boil with 5 lb. ash and 4 lb. soft soap for each 100 lb. of goods, giving eight hours' boil. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
It is usual, and it is a good plan with almost all kinds of kiers, except the Mather and Edmeston kiers, to put a number of large pebbles or small stones at the bottom of the kier, which serves to make a false bottom on which the goods rest and through which the liquor penetrates and flows away. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
In bleaching processes there has been no radical change of system on the large scale since the introduction of the 'Mather' kier in 1885, and the associated change from lime and ash boiling to the caustic soda circulating boil with reduced volume of lye, which this mechanical device rendered practicable. From Wordnik.com. [Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900] Reference
Twitter zet de deur op een kier voor ads - Twitter heeft zijn gebruiksvoorwaarden gewijzigd en opent daarmee de deur voor adverteerders. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
And in his book, "De binnenkant op een kier: avonden zonder politiek" (A glimpse into the inside: evenings without politics, 2000), Von Rompuy mused: his words make me feel all warm and fuzzy, like a wet concrete blanket. and yet he now speaks on behalf of ALL Europe?!. From Wordnik.com. [Open Europe blog] Reference
April 16, 2007 6:06 PM , kier said. From Wordnik.com. [A Most Illiberal Policy from the LibDems] Reference
“lady miss kier photos”. From Wordnik.com. [weapons of massdistraction › His Age Was Given As “tall, With Brown Eyes.”] Reference
Y tambe mi no kier pa nan no bay nuca bon ayo. From Wordnik.com. [“SEX SELLS” » Sociological Images] Reference
Bleaching kier, 30, 31. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
Yarn-bleaching kier, 49. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
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