{"product_id":"the-making-of-leather-9781107401846","title":"The Making of Leather","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface; 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.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768975819095,"sku":"9781107401846","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781107401846.jpg?v=1758719224","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-making-of-leather-9781107401846","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}