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    The 18th cemtury technological revolution also had direct repercussions on dyeing processes. At the end of the century cylindrical printing was introduced in England: first with just one color on wooden cylinders, but starting in 1815 with machinery with three copper cylinders which could print simultaneously. In 1834 …

  A treatment carried out on textile fibers to eliminate their natural background color, usually yellowish or gray. It is carried out in dyeing machines using both oxidizers as well as reducing substances (bleach). At one time “natural bleaching”, was practiced, which consisted of spreading cloth out in the open …