The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-23
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Scientific and Useful.
From the Hartford Comant.
Prof, Gibbs at the Hartford Convention

Prof Gibbs at the Hartford Convention.
The Professor has least of all, tho
look Of a scholar. You would take him
for policeman, or if you saw him at his
worst you might guess that ho was n
member Of Congress. AS he asccnds
the platform you might expect to hear
hlm break out into y philippe against
Congress or an eloquent defence ofloy.
atty. But he quietly takes q paper
from his pocket and plungcs into plos.
pilates and hyporhosphites and all the
mysteries ofthc laboratory. lie is tall,
we'll built, with the heavy neck, The full
features, the curly hair which used to
mako up the type orthe Now York
politician in the days whcn to be a poll.
tIc'an was to be man OF ability. Pro-
lessor Gibbs helps out the illusion by
dressing in blue for in The period to
which We nlludc, no man could be q
party leader unless he wore the standard
WcbStcrlan azure coat, with its accom-
ranlmcnt OF brazon buttons But when
Professor Gibbs begins to speak YOU
soon learn that he is worth a thousand
politicians. lie has not mind which
grasps half a dozen sciences, like that of
his eminent colleague Agassiz, but he is
profoundly familiar with his own 6c-
parsmcnt. When religions bigo,ry, as
dlsgracclu rs it was lamentablc, pre-.
vented by ono vote the election Of Pro.
lessor Gibbs to the chair of chemistry in
Columbia College, New York's loss was
Now England's gain. Professor Gibbs
must be especially delightful in the coll
| irgc calhcdra. His power OF illustra.
ton is large and he has peculiarly
happy way Of making things clear which
must be Invaluable to the student His
papers are Of such charactcr-fllcd
with chemical formulas tina: they must
necessarily be written out, but when lr
abandons them and cxLcnporixcs, no
proves sill more clearly how he has
made his invoritr pursuit part of His
beng. is originally cf thought and
inventive metal qnal,les-- one who
listened TO him would jaGge--ll,at have
given h'm his high. place among chem
| lists.
L'aM Blue on 1F3od.--Prcparo 70
lbs "t wool with alnU,, 7 o., chrome, g
o.. flied up with ground logwood,
lbs.
Loy'coo0 Bluc.--Boil for one honr
zoo lbs. OF " sod with chrome, TO-,
alum, lbs red nrgol, ID. clean and
fms! with logwoo,l, IS lbs. Boil halr
an hour in the finishing.
hnothcr McMod Boil four piece,
llnshmgs four hours with blue virio',
3 lbs, red argol, 3 lbs, sulphuric ncii 3
g'ls, alum, 20 lbs. clean, and finish
with lngwood, 20 lbs urine, 4 pails.---
Enter at $50 deg, and heat TO Tie boil.
ing point.
Anothcr MrMod. boil for half an.
honr two pieces Of woolcn cloth, 200
lbs., red argol, ID. !; clean, and finish
with logwood, 35 lbs Boil hal(-an-
hour in the finishing.
C,anc Blue Stuff 100 lbs. of wool
with logwood, lG lbs, boil three quar-.
lers Of mn hour, saddcn with alum, II
lbs. boil to pattern.
Royal B'uc,~-Dyc 20 lhS OF wool
with prussiatc Of potash, 3 lbs, blno
| spirits, 3 quarts. Tho wool must be
entered cold, and the liquor heated to q
boiling point as soon as possible, and
wien boiled hal(-an honr, take it ont
and add pinis Of finishing spirits. If
darker shade is required, add Iogwood
according to shade, with tho finishing
spirit, Royal blues that hive to stand
milling and stcaming should always havo
as much ammonia as blue spirit at the
beginning.
Anothcr Mchod.-Dyo four ends Of
cloth, 24 lbs each, royal blue spirits, 6
Qts. Enter cold and heat up quickly,
turning, sharply; after boiling 20. min.
ntes, inkc ont, and add 2 quarts Of lin.
ishing spirits. Enter again and boil
| twenty minutes.
Inotler Method Dye ~ pieces
serge, s lbs. each, with prussiate potash
lbs, royal blue spirits, 6 qts., finishing
spirits 3 quarts, logwood according to
shade heat up same MS above,