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Various shades of brownish red can be got by a mixture of madder, fustic and logwood with a Chrome mordant in varying proportions such as 28 per cent Madder, 12 per cent Fustic, 1 per cent Logwood for a brownish claret. 5 per cent Madder, 4 per cent Fustic, 1/2 per cent
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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4 There is a wood called Logwood or Palo Campechio, it is cheape and yeeldeth a glorious blew, but our workmen can not make it sure.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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4 There is a wood called Logwood or Palo Campechio, it is cheape and yeeldeth a glorious blew, but our workmen can not make it sure.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
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A pair of arm warmers in Logwood, a balanced slate blue, are a great accessory for those cool summer evenings.
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These skeins, from left to right, are dyed with: 1. Logwood, cochineal, and elderberry 2. Cochineal and logwood 3. Onion skns in an iron pot 4. Lac, Logwood, and Hibiscus 5. Rhubarb leaves
Archive 2006-09-01 The Raven 2006
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These skeins, from left to right, are dyed with: 1. Logwood, cochineal, and elderberry 2. Cochineal and logwood 3. Onion skns in an iron pot 4. Lac, Logwood, and Hibiscus 5. Rhubarb leaves
A Day at Adams Farm The Raven 2006
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Policeman Lance/Sgt Larry Marks was killed at his Logwood home in
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Logwood and coir; logwood floated only sluggishly, but coir was one of the most buoyant substances known.
Hornblower In The West Indies Forester, C. S. 1958
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Logwood blacks can be readily distinguished from nearly all other blacks, in that by treatment with moderately strong hydrochloric acid they turn a bright red.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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Logwood and cider, boiled together in iron, water being added for the evaporation, makes a good durable black.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young
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