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 Contents of "Treatise on Leather industry"— continued. 



Part 111., Currying — Waxed Calf: Preparation; Shaving; Stretching or Slicking 

 Oiling the Grain ; Oiling the Flesh Side; Whitening and Graining; Waxing; Finishing; Dry 

 Finishing; Finishing in Colour; Cost — White Calf: Finishing in White — Cow Hide for 

 Upper Leathers: Black Cow Hide; White Cow Hide; Coloured Cow Hide — Smooth Cow 

 Hide — Black Leather — Miscellaneous Hides: Horse; Goat; Waxed Goat Skin; Matt Goat 

 Skin — Russia Leather: Russia Leather; Artificial Russia Leather. 



Part IV., Enamelled, Hungary and Chamoy Leather, Morocco, Parchment, Furs 

 and Artificial Leather — Enamelled Leather: Varnish Manufacture; Application of the 

 Enamel; Enamelling in Colour — Hungary Leather: Preliminary; Wet Work or Prepara- 

 tion; Aluming; Dressing or Loft Work; Tallowing; Hungary Leather from Various Hides 

 — Tawing: Preparatory Operations; Dressing; Dyeing Tawed Skins; Rugs — Chamoy Leather 

 — Morocco: Preliminary Operations, Morocco Tanning; Mordants used in Morocco Manu- 

 facture; Natural Colours used in Morocco Dyeing; Artificial Colours; Different Methods 

 nf Dyeing; Dyeing with Natural Colours; Dyeing with Aniline Colours; Dyeing with 

 .^letallic Salts; Leather Printing ; Finishing Morocco ; Shagreen ; Bronzed Leather — Gilding 

 »nd Silvering: Gilding; Silvering; Nickel and Cobalt — Parchment — Furs and Furriery: 

 Preliminary Remarks; Indigenous Furs; Foreign Furs from Hot Countries; Foreign Furs 

 from Cold Countries; Furs from Birds' Skins; Preparation of Furs; Dressing; Colouring; 

 Preparation of Birds' Skins; Preservation of Furs — Artificial Leather: Leather made from 

 Scraps; Compressed Leather; American Cloth ; Papier Mache ; Linoleum ; Artificial Leather. 



Part v.. Leather Testing and the Theory of Tanning— Testing and Analysis of Leather; 

 Physical Testing of Tanned Leather; Chemical Analysis — The Theory of Tanning and the 

 other Operations of the Leather and Skin Industry: Theory of Soaking; Theory of Un- 

 hairing; Theory of Swelling; Theory of Handling; Theory of Tanning; Theory of the 

 Action of Tannin on the Skin; Theory of Hungary Leather Making; Theory of Tawing; 

 Theory of Chamoy Leather Making; Theory of Mineral Tanning. 



Part VI., Uses of Leather — Machine Belts: Manufacture of Belting; Leather Chain 

 Belts; Various Belts; Use of Belts — Boot and Shoe-making: Boots and Shoes; Laces — 

 Saddlery: Composition of a Saddle; Construction of a Saddle — Harness: The Pack Saddle- 

 Harness — Military Equipment — Glove Making — Carriage Building — Mechanical Uses. 



Appendix, The World's Commerce in Leather — Europe; America; Asia; Africa; 

 Australasia — Index. 



THE LEATHER WORKER'S MANUAL. Being a Com- 

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 Liquids, etc., etc. — Leather Grinders' Sundries — Currier's Seasonings, Blacking Compounds, 

 Dressings, Finishes, Glosses, etc. — Dyes and Stains for Leather — Miscellaneous Information 

 — Chrome Tannage — Index. 



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