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A Text-book of Tanning

by H. R. Procter

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introductory Note
  3. 3Chapter I — Anatomical Structure of Hide
  4. 4Chapter II — Chemical Composition of Hide
  5. 5Chapter III — Commercial Tanning Materials
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Chemistry of Tannins
  7. 7Chapter V — Water as Used in Tanning
  8. 8Chapter VI — Methods of Chemical Analysis for the Tannery
  9. 9Chapter VII — Sole-Leather — Preparing the Hides
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Sole-Leather — Unhairing Hides
  11. 11Chapter IX — Sole-Leather — Tanning Materials
  12. 12Chapter X — Sole-Leather — Treatment in the Tan-house
  13. 13Chapter XI
  14. 14Chapter XII — Dressing Leather
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Currying
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Enamelled, Patent, or Japanned Leather
  17. 17Chapter XV — Morocco Leather
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Russia Leather (Ger., Juchtenleder)
  19. 19Chapter XVII — Chamois or Wash-Leather
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Crown Leather, or Preller’s Leather
  21. 21Chapter XIX — Mineral-Tanned Leather
  22. 22Chapter XX — Calf-Kid
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Glove-Kid
  24. 24Chapter XXII — Construction and Maintenance of Tanneries
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — Drying-Sheds for Leather
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Commerce, Statistics, and Bibliography

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