Excerpt from The Art of Dyeing Wool, Silk, and Cotton The names of Hellot, Macquier, and M. Le Pilenr D'Apligny, the respective authors of the three treatises included in this volume, are well known to the student of the history of dyeing. They were the forerunners of that long line of French men of science who have done so much for the art and practice of dyeing and kindred industries. They were the immediate precursors of such men as Berthollet, Chaptal, and Chevreul, and like the latter three scientists, they were the greatest authorities of their time on dyeing, and many important improvements were introduced by them. Our British predecessors were not slow to adopt these improvements. In fact the present advanced state of the industry in this country, as well as in France, is directly traceable to the impetus given to the industry by the researches of these chemists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.