The Principles of Leather Manufacture

CHAPTER II.

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_INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF LEATHER MANUFACTURE._

The object of tanning -- Washing and soaking -- Removal of hair by liming -- Unhairing by putrefaction -- Unhairing and fleshing -- Deliming -- Bating, puering and drenching -- The vegetable tanning process -- Currying -- Alum, chrome and chamois leathers PAGE 7