Part II., =The Art of Dyeing Silk:= Ungumming and Boiling for White.--For Boiling of Silks Intended to be Dyed.--Observations on Ungumming and Boiling.--Of White.--Of Whitening.--Sulphuring. --Observations on Whitening and Sulphuring.--Of Aluming.--Remarks on Aluming.--Of Blue.--Remarks on the Blue of Indigo.--Of Yellow.--Remarks on Yellow.--Aurora, Orange, Mordore, Gold Colour and Chamois.--Red and Crimson.--Remarks on Crimson.--Of False Crimson or the Red of Brazil.--Remarks on the Red, or Crimson of Brazil Wood.--Of Scarlet, Orange, Red and Cherry Colour.--Preparation of the Carthamus or Bastard Saffron.--Remarks on the Dye of Carthamus or Bastard Saffron.--Of the False Poppy or Fire Colour Produced with Brazil Wood.--False Rose Colour.--Of Green. --Remarks.--Of Olives.--Remarks.--Of Violet.--Of Fine Violet, or Violet in Grain.--Of False or Common Violets or Lilac.--Of the Violet of Logwood.--Remarks.--Violet of Logwood and Verdigris.--Violets of Brazil and Logwood.--Remarks.--Violets from Brazil Wood and Archil. --Of Purple, Gillyflower, and of Fine Cochineal or Purple.--Of False Purple.--Of Maroons, Cinnamons and White Lees.--Remarks.--Of Nut Greys. Thorn Greys, Black and Iron Greys and others of the same Species.--Of Black.--Softening of Black.--Black in the Raw.--Remarks on Black.--Particular Process Communicated by M. Hellot.--Genoa Crimson, a Process Proved in May, 1743.--Violet Crimson of Italy.--Half Violet.--Genoa Black for Velvets. Part III., =The Art of Dyeing Cotton and Linen Thread, together with the Method of Stamping Silks, Cottons, etc.:= Of Dyeing in General.--Inquiry concerning Wool, Silk, Cotton and Flax.--Of Wool.--Of Silk.--Of Cotton.--Of Flax.--Conclusion from the Examination of Substances Commonly Dyed.--Of Bleaching.--Preparation for Stuffs to be Dyed.--Astringents.--Theory of Dyeing Stuffs Prepared with Alum.--Of Colouring Substances.--Of Cochineal and Colouring Insects.--Of Madder.--Of Vegetables Furnishing a Yellow Dye.--Of the Colouring Drugs Used in Dyeing without Astringents.--Of Indigo.--Of Substances Used in Dyeing Fawn and Root Colour.--Of Carthamus, Roucou, etc.--Of Black. =Of Dyeing of Cotton Thread=: Of Cleansing.--Of the Colours Employed for the Dyeing of Cotton Thread.--Of Blue.--Of Red.--Adrianople Red.--Observations on this Dye.--Of Yellow.--Of Green.--Of Violet.--Of Red Cinnamon.--Of Black.--Black for Linen and Cotton Thread by a Combination of Colours.--Of Grey.--Of More Durable Greys.--Of Musk Colour.--Olive and Duck Greens.--Of Browns, Maroons, Coffee Colours, etc.--Of Silk Stuffs Dyed of Several Colours.--The Manner of Stamping Silk, etc., in Europe.--Of a Linen with a Blue Ground and White Pattern.--Of Saxon Blue.--Observations on this Dye.--=Indexes.= * * * * *