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Part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series, 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.

Table of Contents
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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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/11/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107401846, 978-1107401846
      ISBN10: 1107401844
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series, 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.

      Table of Contents
      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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