Experiments on bleaching / by Francis Home ... to which are added, I. An experimental essay on the use of leys and sours in bleaching / by James Ferguson, M.D. II. An explanation of the effect of lime upon alkaline salts, and a method pointed out whereby it may be used with safety and advantage in bleaching / by Joseph Black, M.D. III. An abstract of the foregoing essays, containing practical rules and plain directions for the preparation and use of the sours made of oil of vitriol, and of the leys made of bleaching-ashes with the addition of quick-lime / [by David Macbride].

Author/creator Home, Francis
Other author Ferguson, James, M.D.
Other author Black, Joseph, 1728-1799.
Other author Macbride, David, 1726-1778.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoDublin : Printed for T. Ewing, 1771.
Description2 preliminary leaves, 295 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
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General noteReproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
General noteGoldsmiths'-Kress no. 10753.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.
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