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
The width of Mr. Kimball’s seven F last across the ball is three and
one-eighth inches; width of heel two and one-sixteenth inches. The A’s
seven last across the ball is two and one half-inches, the heel two and
three-sixteenths. By this it will be seen that his system for varying
the width of his lasts, is _one-eighth_ of an inch for _each_ size
across the _ball_, and _one-sixteenth_ of an inch across the _heel_.
With his three marked C, M, F,[1] &c., you have three degrees of fulness
for each last, making it the most convenient system in use. The upper of
A. No. 6 ladies’ shoe, should measure eight and five-eighths inches over
the highest part of the instep; the No. 2 should measure seven and
seven-eighths and one-sixteenth, over the same part. In this manner, the
variation for each size is _one-twelfth_ of an inch on _each_ side of
the vamp; this is the same variation as in the men’s uppers.
Footnote 1:
C—common; M—medium; F—full.
Children and misses shoes can all be arranged on the same system of
diagrams. Every Boot and Shoe manufacturer and maker, should have _full_
sets of patterns. By having a pattern of each size and style, there is
no waste of time in drafting. The patterns can be easily and correctly
altered or varied to meet any emergency that may arise. It is not safe
to trust to the eye as it is liable to mistakes.
By following the directions here given, together with the instructions
already laid down, any person of common capacity and ordinary ingenuity,
can cut a full set of patterns for _any_ description of boot or shoe
required.
COMMON OR MEDIUM PROPORTIONS OF FEET.
MEN’S SIZES.
_Size._ _Length of foot._ _Heel measure._ _Over the instep._
6 10⅓ inches. 12½ inches. 9¼ inches.
7 10⅔ inches. 12½ inches. 9⅜ inches.
8 11 inches. 13 inches. 9⅜ inches.
9 11⅓ inches. 13½ inches. 9⅞ inches.
10 11⅔ inches. 14 inches. 10¼ inches.
11 12 inches. 14½ inches. 10½ inches.
LADIES’ SIZES.
_Size._ _Length of foot._ _Heel measure._ _Over the instep._
3 9⅓ inches. 11¼ inches. 8½ inches.
4 9⅔ inches. 11½ inches. 8¾ inches.
5 10 inches. 11⅞ inches. 9 inches.
6 10⅓ inches. 12 inches. 9¼ inches.
7 10⅔ inches. 12⅛ inches. 9¼ inches.
BOYS’ SIZES.
_Size._ _Length of foot._ _Heel measure._ _Over the instep._
1 8⅔ inches. 10½ inches. 7⅞ inches.
2 9 inches. 11¼ inches. 8¼ inches.
3 9⅓ inches. 11½ inches. 8⅞ inches.
4 9⅔ inches. 12 inches. 8⅝ inches.
5 10 inches. 12¼ inches. 8⅞ inches.
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