The wood yielded a fixing agent for clothing dyes that was vital to the European woollen industry.
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Henna can also be used to dye wool and silk, both on its own and in combination with alum as a fixing agent.
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Albumen is both a thickening and a fixing agent for insoluble pigments such as chrome yellow, the ochres, vermilion and ultramarine.
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To prevent fading the black and white positive had to be coated with a fixing agent, a potentially messy procedure which led to the development of coaterless instant pack film.
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Relatives described Murphy as feisty, a former real estate agent who for years enjoyed fixing up old homes.
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The Hirshhorn is far from broken, which means that the challenge for a change agent such as Koshalek may be to avoid fixing things for the worse.
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In August 2010, reporters from News of the World established contact with Mazhar Majeed, a sports agent who was suspected of involvement in match-fixing.
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Optionally, after fixing, the print is treated with a hypo clearing agent to ensure complete removal of the fixer, which would otherwise compromise the long term stability of the image.
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An undercover agent, posing as a car thief, hired Court Bailiff Marvin Bray to offer bribes to judges in exchange for fixing cases.