The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-01-23
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CoLORs FOE DRUGGISTS snow Bo1
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C0LORs FoR DRUGGlsTs' snow BOT
TIES.
In making them, distilled water should lie used
and rather more Of the color than Will NIL the
carboys made, to avoid the necessity Of adding
water to ill up after filtration, this sometimes
render them turbid. The carboys should be per,
| fectly clean, and ALSO dry or otherwise rinsed
out with portion of the filtered liquid.
1. Blues. sulphate Of copper four to eight o.,
water, gallon, oil of vitriol, one o.
2. Royal Blse. Sulphate Of copper eight o.,
| water, gallon; dissolve, and add water Of ammo
mia till the full color is developed; then water to
make up two gallons.
3. Finest Royal Blxe. Nitrate "copper" three o.,
water sufficient to dissolve it; add water at am
mOnia as long as the color becomes deeper, then
water to make up two gallons.
4. Palr.-Crystalized acetate of copper half an
| o., muriatic acid half o., water Of ammonia
q.s, water to make up two gollons
s. Light Blue. Crystalized acetate Of copper, q
seruple, water Of ammonia, two o., water, two
gallons.
Green. I. An infusion of saffron added to the
above blues.
| 2 Sulphate of copper, four o., bichroniate Of
potash one half dr., water, q.s.
J. By adding to the above deep or light blues,
| small quantity of chromate Of bichromate OF
potash till the tint is produced, various shades OF
green may Do obtained.
4. sulphate Of copper, with muriate Of soda, or
muriate of iron.
s. Emerald Green. Nitrate of copper three o.,
| muriatic acid 4 o.. nitric acid, 3 o., water
| two gallons.
g. Very Fine Emerald. Nickle three o., muir
attic acid four o. nitrous acid two o., digest for
twenty four hours, add two gallons Of water, and
| filter.
Red. 1. Dried rose petals eight o., boiling
water gallon; digest the roses with more water
| and strain; mix the infusiOns, add pint OF d.
| luted sulphuric acid, and filter.
2 Cochineal half o., boiling water gallon,
digest, strain. add half o., of sulphuric acid and
water to make up two gallons.
| B. Crimson. Iodine, and Iodide of potassium, OF
| each two dr.; tritturate with dr., of water, and
| add three gallons of water, and four or Of muir
attic acid.
4. For External Lamps Camphene, strongly
| colorcd with alkanet root
| Pink. l. Infiise half o., of good madden in a
quart of boiling distilled water; when cold add
| one o., of strong ammonia, and filter into two
| gallons Of distilled water.
9. Dissolve muriate or nitric of cobalt in water,
| and add sufficient carbonate of ammonia to re-
dissolve the precipitate first thrown down; then
water Is.
Purple. To the last add sufficient Of the blue
No. 3. to give the desired shade,
Lilac Smalts four o., nitric acid four o., let
it stand twenty-four hours, add two gallons Of
water, one o., alum and four o., of water Of
ammonia. Or rather as the purple.
Yellor. 1. Chromate or biehromate of potash
with water O..
2 Bchromate Of potash Dir. hot water four OF;
dissolve and add four ounces sulphuric acid and
two gallons of water. y a p 'i L
3. Bichromate of potash, nitrate of potash, and
water. 0 ~ Dr..
u. H., 81. IL
ash o., water two gallons; boil gently for hall
an hour take it off to ccOl and add six o., muri-
attic acid, and water to the desired color.
2. Dragons blood, digested with suphuric acid,
and diluted with water to the desired shade.
| Olirc. Sulphate of iron three o., sulphuric
acid, three o.. water two gallons; dissolved and
add the green No. 5. q. $. to brighten the color.