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To Prepare Coralline Dye

Dissolve 1 pound coralline in 1½ gallons alcohol specific gravity .8200, by the aid of heat; mix the solution with 7½ gallons boiling water, and re-dissolve the precipitated dye by the cautious addition of water of ammonia.

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