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The Principles of Leather Manufacture

by H. R. Procter

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Chapter XVIII Vegetable Tanning Materials

Distribution of tannin in plants — Structure of barks — Botanical list of important tanning materials PAGE 242

Chapter XIX The Chemistry of the Tannins

Sources of tannins — General qualities of tannins — Chemical constitution — Catechol-and pyrogallol tannins — Catechins — Tendency of Catechol tannins to darken with light — “Physiological” and “pathological” tannins — Presence of mordant colouring matters PAGE 294

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