Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. H. R. Procter's The Making of Leather, first published in 1914, presents a sketch of the methods, the chemistry and the scientific basis of leather-making.
Preface; 1. Introductory; 2. Hides and skins; 3. Curing of hides and skins; 4. The structure of the skin; 5. The chemistry of the skin; 6. The preliminary processes: soaking; 7. Unhairing; 8. Chemical deliming; 9. Bacteria and fermentation; 10. The fermentive 'bates'; 11. The conversion of skin into leather; 12. The pickling process; 13. Alumed leather; 14. The basic chrome process; 15. The two-bath chrome process; 16. The vegetable tanning materials; 17. The vegetable tanning process; 18. Curried leathers; 19. Moroccos and fancy leathers; 20. Oil leathers; 21. The use and care of leather; Bibliography; Index.
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Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. H. R. Procter's The Making of Leather, first published in 1914, presents a sketch of the methods, the chemistry and the scientific basis of ...