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ufcd by tanners may be faved by uCng the leaves, 

 'there is no difficulty in ufing them, as they are 

 ufed in all refpefts as the bark. Bark* being now fo 

 very dear, the above difcovery mufl: be of fome be- 

 nefit to tanners. The expence of drying the bark 

 by fire, and pounding and fifcing it, is confiderable ; 

 whereas that expence is faved by ufing the leaves. 

 The felling of coppices fo young as fourteen years 

 growth, hath for feveral years part reduced the qua- 

 lity and quantity of oak-bark very much ; therefore 

 I fuppofe the above difcovery will be of public utility. 

 We, whofe names are underwritten, being tan- 

 ners, and drefltrs of leather, have feen pieces of 

 leather which Wm. White fays were tanned with 

 oaken leaves only, that appear to us to be equal to 

 any tanned with oak-bark, and we think it will be 

 of confiderable advantage to tanners throughout the 

 kingdom; as witnefs our hands. 



William Herr Edward Landman 



John Windeatt Richard Maye 



George Ley William Bickford 



Tho. Bickford William Batten. 

 Noz\ 5/A, 1795. 



N. B. Although the foregoing article may neither be fo ftriftly 

 original, nor fraught with fuch praflical advantage, as Mr.WHiTE 

 and his friends feem to apprehend ; yet, as it may be of fome ufe 

 to be generally known that leather may be tanned with oak-leaves 

 inllead of bark, we infert the paper, with full approbation of the 

 publick-fpirited motive which induced the communication. 



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