Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Practical Tanning: A Handbook of Modern Practice and Processes as Applied in the Manufacture of Leather and Allied Products
Raw hide. Lace leather - Shark-liver oil tannage: Latigo leather A1um-tanned_ lace leather No. 1: Alum tannage No. 2: Alum tannage no. 3: Picker leather: Pyro 'tan. Chamois leather - Bleaching. Rogers' shark-liver oil process. Sheepskin ?eshers - Imitation castor. White calfskin leather - Tannage: Fat-liquoring: Finishing: Formaldehyde tannage: Kid glove leather. White pigskins. Tan ning snake skins with alum and salt. White Splits. Splits for white shoes. Tanning buckskins. White buckskin. Indian method of tanning buckskins. Tanning with formaldehyde.
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