Part II., #Tanning# -- The Installation of a Tannery: Tan Furnaces;
Chimneys, Boilers, etc.; Steam Engines -- Grinding and Trituration of
Tanning Substances: Cutting up Bark; Grinding Bark; The Grinding of
Tan Woods; Powdering Fruit, Galls and Grains; Notes on the Grinding of
Bark -- Manufacture of Sole Leather: Soaking; Sweating and Unhairing;
Plumping and Colouring; Handling; Tanning; Tanning Elephants' Hides;
Drying; Striking or Pinning -- Manufacture of Dressing Leather:
Soaking; Depilation; New Processes for the Depilation of Skins;
Tanning; Cow Hides; Horse Hides; Goat Skins; Manufacture of (p. c14)
Split Hides -- On Various Methods of Tanning: Mechanical Methods;
Physical Methods; Chemical Methods; Tanning with Extracts -- Quantity
and Quality; Quantity; Net Cost; Quality of Leather -- Various
Manipulations of Tanned Leather: Second Tanning; Grease Stains;
Bleaching Leather; Waterproofing Leather; Weighting Tanned Leather;
Preservation of Leather -- Tanning Various Skins.
Part III., #Currying# -- Waxed Calf: Preparation; Shaving; Stretching or
Slicking; Oiling the Grain; Oiling the Flesh Side; Whitening and
Graining; Waxing; Finishing; Dry Finishing; Finishing in Colour; Cost
-- White Calf: Finishing in White -- Cow Hide for Upper Leathers:
Black Cow Hide; White Cow Hide; Coloured Cow Hide -- Smooth Cow Hide
-- Black Leather -- Miscellaneous Hides: Horse; Goat; Waxed Goat Skin;
Matt Goat Skin -- Russia Leather: Russia Leather; Artificial Russia
Leather.
Part IV., #Enamelled, Hungary and Chamoy Leather, Morocco, Parchment,
Furs and Artificial Leather# -- Enamelled Leather: Varnish Manufacture;
Application of the Enamel; Enamelling in Colour -- Hungary Leather:
Preliminary; Wet Work or Preparation; Aluming; Dressing or Loft Work;
Tallowing; Hungary Leather from Various Hides -- Tawing: Preparatory
Operations; Dressing; Dyeing Tawed Skins; Rugs -- Chamoy Leather --
Morocco: Preliminary Operations; Morocco Tanning: Mordants used in
Morocco Manufacture; Natural Colours used in Morocco Dyeing;
Artificial Colours; Different Methods of Dyeing; Dyeing with Natural
Colours; Dyeing with Aniline Colours; Dyeing with Metallic Salts;
Leather Printing; Finishing Morocco; Shagreen; Bronzed Leather --
Gilding and Silvering: Gilding; Silvering; Nickel and Cobalt --
Parchment -- Furs and Furriery: Preliminary Remarks; Indigenous Furs;
Foreign Furs from Hot Countries; Foreign Furs from Cold Countries;
Furs from Birds' Skins; Preparation of Furs; Dressing; Colouring;
Preparation of Birds' Skins; Preservation of Furs -- Artificial
Leather: Leather made from Scraps; Compressed Leather; American Cloth;
Papier Mache; Linoleum; Artificial Leather.
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