06/05/2007

The making of leather by Procter (1914)

Procter, H. R.; The making of leather, Cambridge, University Press (1914)
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Table of contents:

I. Introductory
II. Hides and skins
III. Curing hides and skins
IV. The structure of the skin
V. The chemistry of the skin
VI. Soaking
VII. Unhairing
VIII. Chemical deliming
IX. Bacteria and fermentation
X. The fermentive "bates"
XI. The conversion of skin into leather
XII. Pickling
XIII. Alumed leather
XIV. The basic chrome process
XV. The two-bath chrome process
XVI. The vegetable tanning materials
XVII. The vegetable tanning process
XVIII. Curried leather
XIX. Moroccos and fancy leathers
XX. Oil leathers
XXI. The use and care of leather