A Text-book of Tanning: A treatise on the conversion of skins into leather, both practical and theoretical.Procter, H. R. (Henry Richardson)
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A Text-book of Tanning: A treatise on the conversion of skins into leather, both practical and theoretical.
Procter, H. R. (Henry Richardson)
Tanning
_Lamb._--The exports from Asterabad (Persia) viâ Gez in 1879 were 788
bales Bokharan, 60,613_l._ Calamata and Messenia (Greece) produced in
1880, 137,500 lb., 2680_l._ Dedeagatch (Turkey), in 1878, exported 500
bales of lamb- and kid-skins, value 4000_l._ The exports from Ancona
(Italy), including kid and rabbit, in 1878, were 609,826 _kilo._ (of
2·2 lb.) to Italy, 41,480 to Austria, 2714 to Germany, 2655 to Greece,
19,486 to England, 3180 to Turkey; total, 679 tons, 50,321_l._ Tientsin
(China), in 1879, shipped 35,008 _piculs_ (of 133-1/3 lb.).
_Llama._--The skin of the llama is growing in importance in Parisian
shoemaking. It weighs on an average 6 lb., and contains 18 sq. ft. of
leather, costing about 1_l._ The source of supply is the Peruvian Andes.
_Ox and Cow._--Coquimbo (Chili) exported 4709 ox-hides in 1879.
Santos (Brazil) in the year ending Sept. 30, 1879, exported 316,940
_kilo._ salted, valued 5800_l._, and 1282, 25_l._ The shipments from
Christiania to Great Britain fell from 47,500 _kroner_ (of 1_s._
1-1/2_d._) worth in 1877, to 3500 _kr._ in 1879. San José (Costa Rica)
despatched 449,870 lb. in 1878. The exports from the Cape, including
cow, fell from 150,875 pieces in 1878, to 104,281 in 1879. Rio Grande
do Sul, in 1879, shipped 455,315 pieces salted, and 499,960 dried. Of
cow-hides, Hankow exported 35,265 _piculs_ (of 133-1/3 lb.) in 1878,
and 21,063 in 1879. The Kiungchow exports (including buffalo) in 1879
were 490 _piculs_, 818_l._ From Shanghai (including buffalo) went
26,070 _piculs_ in 1879. Chinkiang fell from 7262 _piculs_ in 1877,
to 3974 in 1878, and none in 1879. Memel, in 1879, sent away by sea,
75 cwt., 136_l._; and over the Russian frontier for German markets,
3000 pieces, 3000_l._ The approximate London market values of ox and
cow hides are:--Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, 1st dry, 9-(10-1/2)_d._
a lb.; 2nd dry, 7-(8-1/2)_d._; best light, 8-(9-1/2)_d._; salted,
(5-1/4)-(7-3/4)_d._; Brazil, dry, 7-(10-1/2)_d._; dry salted,
(4-1/2)-9_d._; West Indies, salted, (3-1/2)-7_d._; United States,
salted, (3-1/2)-(6-1/2)_d._; East India, best, 4-13_d._; 2nd,
(1-3/4)-(11-1/4)_d._; 3rd and 4th, (1-1/4)-9_d._; Australian, salted,
(2-3/4)-6_d._; Cape, wet salted, (2-1/2)-(7-1/2)_d._; Continental,
salted, (3-3/4)-5_d._; English, (2-3/4)-7_d._
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