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Mounted samples of colored wool and cotton waste, etc. "Part first gives a descriptive account of the dye stuffs; if of vegetable origin where produced, how cultivated, and how prepared for use; if chemical, their composition, specific gravities, and general adaptability, how adulterated, and how to detect the adulterations, etc. Part second is devoted to the Coloring of Wool, giving recipes for one hundred and twenty-nine different colors or shades, and is supplied with sixty colored samples of Wool. Part third is devoted to the coloring of raw cotton or cotton waste for mixing with wool, colors in the manufacture of all kinds of fabrics, gives recipes for thirty-eight different colors or shades. And is supplied with twenty-four colored samples of cotton waste. Also recipes for coloring beavers, doeskins, and flannels. With remarks upon anilines, giving recipes for fifteen different colors or shades, and nine samples of analine colors that will stand both the fulling and scouring process. Also, recipes for aniline colors on cotton thread, and recipes for common colors on cotton yarns, embracing in all over 200 recipes for colors and shades. And ninety-four samples of colored wool and cotton waste, etc. By Richard H. Gibson, Practical Dyer and Chemist."--Title page; Additional electronic version available through Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/americandyerprac00gibs