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The Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' Assistant and Guide.: Containing a Brief History of the Trade. History of India-rubber and Gutta-percha, and Their Application to the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes. Full Instructions in the Art, With Diagrams and Scales, Etc., Etc. Vulcanization and Sulphurization, English and American Patents. With an Elaborate Treatise on Tanning.

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The Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' Assistant and Guide.: Containing a Brief History of the Trade. History of India-rubber and Gutta-percha, and Their Application to the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes. Full Instructions in the Art, With Diagrams and Scales, Etc., Etc. Vulcanization and Sulphurization, English and American Patents. With an Elaborate Treatise on Tanning.

Footwear industry; Gutta-percha; Rubber; Tanning

_Diagrams_ on pages 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 96, 97, 99; Fitting
   up Lasts for the Measurement of the Foot, 88; Cutting Boot
   Patterns, 89; Scales for Lasts, 91; Scales for Medium
   Proportions of Feet, 93; Directions for Pattern Cutting,
   93–101.

                              CHAPTER III.

 INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING FRENCH CUSTOM BOOTS, SHOES AND GAITERS,     103

                                BOOK III.

                               CHAPTER I.

 DISCOVERY OF THE VULCANIZATION AND SULPHURIZATION OF INDIA
   RUBBER IN AMERICA,                                                106

   Nathaniel Hayward, 109; Importance of the Discovery, 113;
   Causes of Failure, 114; Charles Goodyear, and Interesting
   Account of his Trials, 114–124; Results.

                               CHAPTER II.

 VULCANIZATION—INTERESTING REFLECTIONS,                              128

                              CHAPTER III.

 VULCANIZATION—TESTS OF QUALITY OF NATIVE GUMS, POWER TO BE USED
   IN MANUFACTURE, 136; METHODS OF MANUFACTURE, &C.

                               CHAPTER IV.

 VULCANIZATION—IMPORTANCE OF GUM ELASTIC FOR EDUCATIONAL
   PURPOSES,                                                         142

                               CHAPTER V.

 ADULTERATION OF INDIA RUBBER (CAOUTCHOUC;) ENGLISH SYSTEM OF
   ADULTERATION FULLY PRESENTED,                                 145–164

                               CHAPTER IV.

 VALUABLE RECIPES—Purifying Gutta Percha,                            165

   Marine Glue; India Rubber Armor; New Gutta Percha
   Composition; India Rubber Varnish; Water-Proofing Oil; India
   Rubber Teeth; Emery Paper, &c.; Cheap Method of Making
   Leather Water Proof.

                                BOOK IV.

                               CHAPTER I.

 GUTTA PERCHA PATENTS,                                               174

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