"Sir Humphry Davy and the leather industry" by Spiers (1968)

Spiers, C. H.; “Sir Humphry Davy and the leather industry'”, Annals of Science 24 (2) (1968) 99-113

DOI:10.1080/00033796800200071 (restricted access) 

Excerpt from the text:

A somewhat strange feature of the life of Sir Humphry Davy is that during the period roughly between July 1801 and December 1802, when he was intensely interested in galvanism and inorganic chemistry and was at the commencement of a brilliant career, he was caused to divert a considerable part of his time and energies to the organic fields represented by vegetable tanning materials and leather manufacture. This diversion is certainly of great significance to leather chemists, not merely on account of the undoubted merits of his contributions in these fields, but also because they make him a claimant for the title of the first leather chemist.

Moreover, he is the most eminent chemist ever directly to have concerned himself with this ancient industry.

Water-bag, Jordan, 1970, The British Museum

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Water-bag; made of animal skin; entire skin of animal, with back legs tied together and twisted fibre rope tied to legs; front legs held shut with fibre rope which is tied to other rope for carrying strap; head opening held shut with horse hair rope.

Japanese tobacco pouch and pipe, 18th century, The Met Museum of Art

 

"Tobacco pouch and pipe [Japanese] (14.40.843a,b)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/14.40.843a,b (November 2009)

The taxidermist's manual by Brown (1856)

Brown, T.; The taxidermist's manual: or, The art of collecting, preparing, and preserving objects of natural history designed for the use of travellers, conservators of museum and private collectors, A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh (1856)
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