The Principles of Leather Manufacture
CHAPTER XVI.
_PRINCIPLES OF THE VEGETABLE TANNING PROCESSES._
Methods of sole-leather tanning -- Finishing of sole-leather -- Theory of vegetable tannage -- Deliming of sole-leather -- “Mellowness” of liquors -- Penetration of tannage -- Drying of sole-leather -- Tanning of dressing leathers -- Preparation for tannage -- Avoidance of “bloom” -- Tannage of moroccos and other skins PAGE 220