INDEX

Acid Swelling of Hides, 119

Adulterated Leather, 114

Ageing of Leather, 151

Algarobilla, 43

Alum Tannage, 150

Annatto, 136

Antelope Leather, 63

Anthrax, 27, 69

Arsenic Sulphide, 71

Bablah, 45, 107

Babool, 45, 107

Band-knife Splitting Machine, 54

Bark Mill, 93

Barkometer, 97

Bating, 86

Belting Leather, 133

Birch Bark, 106

—— Tar Oil, 107

Bleaching Leather in Sun—Frontispiece

Boot Leather, 137

"Bottle" Tannage, 157

Borax, 64

"Box" Leather, 137

Buffing Cylinder, 54

Butts, 95

Butyrate of Ammonia, 85, 129

Butyric Acid, 85, 129

Canaigre, 45

Cape Sheep, 153

Catechol Tannins, 46

Caustic Soda, 66

Celavina, 43

Chamois Leather, 18, 144

Chestnut Oak, 37

—— Tree, 36

Chrome-quebracho Tan Liquor, 32

Chrome Sole Leather, 125

—— Tanning, 108

Cod Oil, 100, 120, 146

Collodion, 136

Colouring Pits, 94

Combination Tannages, 111

"Crestanol," 156

"Crust" Leather, 151

Currying, 133, 135

Cutch, 46

Dehairing Hides, 71

—— Knife, 80

—— Machine, 82

Dehydration, 2

Depilatories, 78, 149

Disinfection of Hides, 2

Divi-divi, 43

Doling, 153

Dressing Leathers, 102

—— of Leather, 112

Drenching, 89

"Dri-ped" Leather, 129

Drum-tanned Leather, 103

Drum Tumbler, 66

Drying of Leather, 123

Dust Colours, 154

Dyeing, 112, 155

Dye-wood Extracts, 139, 152, 155

Ellagic Acid, 47, 121

Enzymes, 72

"Erodin," 88

Evolution of Leather Manufacture, 1

Extracts, 47

Faller Stocks, 66, 146

Fancy Leathers, 156

Fat Liquors, 139

Fellmongering, 145

Finishing, 112, 122, 127

Flaying: Mechanical method, 21

——: Pim's method, 24

Fleshing Knife, 83

—— Machine, 82

Fluffing, 128, 153

—— Machine, 129

Foot and Mouth Disease, 6

Formic Acid, 28, 66, 85, 95, 100

Freezing Hides, 71

Frizing, 145

Fustic, 152

Gallotannic Acid, 46

Gambier, 40

Glazed Kid, 137

Glazing Machine, 143

Gloving Leather, 147

Goat Skins, 15

Golden Tan Bark, 152

Greasy Hides, 12

—— Sole Leather, 75

Hammering Leather, 123

Handlers, 94

Harness Leather, 133

Hauling and Setting Limes, 77

Hemlock, 44

Hide Markets, 7

Hides and Skins, 5

——, Curing, 2, 26

——, Defects of, 19

——, Disinfection of, 2, 26

——, Horse, 17

——, Sources of Supply, 5

Hyaline Layer, 68

Hypoderma bovis, 30

—— lineatum, 30

Japanese White Leather, 3

Lactic Acid, 85, 95, 100, 129, 146

Larch Bark, 45

Layers, 94

Leather-working Machinery, 52

Liming, 71

Linings, 145

Logwood, 138

"Lysol," 84

Machinery, 52

Mangrove, 41

Marseilles Soap, 140

Mimosa, 42

Mineral Tannage, 108

Mixed Tannages, 101

Morocco Leather, 156

Motor Leather Bands, 108

Myrobalans, 38, 93

"Neradol," 50

Oak Bark, 34

Oakwood, 35

"Oropon," 87

Paddle-vat, 146

Parchment, 145

Pickled Sheep Skins, 10

Pigments, 154

Pig Skins, 18, 136

Pinning Leather, 121

—— Machine, 121

Porpoise Laces, 19

Preparation of Hides for Tanning, 63

"Puerine," 88

Puering, 150

Pyrogallol Tannins, 46

Quebracho, 32, 37

Red Arsenic, 71, 149

"Reeder" Splitting Machine, 145

Roller Leather, 13

Rolling Sole Leather, 122

Rounding of Sole Leather, 95

Saddlery Leather, 133

Samming, 146

Scudding, 86

Seal Skins, 19

Setting, 142

Shaving Cylinder, 53

—— Knife, 55, 56

—— Machine, 56, 61

Sheep Skins, 12

Skins and Hides, 5

Skivers, 145, 157

Sleeker, 128

Soaking Hides, 65

Sod Oil, 147

Sole Leather, 95

"Soluble" Oils, 117

Staking Machine, 143

Sterilising Hides: Seymour-Jones's method, 28

Straining, 128, 142

Striking-out, 128, 130

Stuffing, 135

Suède Leather, 154

Sulphide of Sodium, 66, 76

Sulphonated Oils, 117

Sumach, 38

Suspender Pits, 94

Synthetic Tannin, 49, 95

Tanner's Beam, 68

Tanning Extracts, 47, 92

Tanning Materials, 32

—— Processes, 92

Tan-yard, 94

Tawing, 150

Terra japonica, 40

Tick Fever, 27

Titanium Salts, 152

"Tragasol," 117, 130, 140

Turkey Red Oil, 141

Turwar Bark, 156

Vache Sole Leather, 132

Valonia, 35

Warble Fly, 28

Wattle Bark, 42

Weighted Leather, 114

White Washable Leather, 155

Willow Bark, 45, 106

—— Calf, 144

Wool Skin Dressing, 51

THE END

Printed by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., Bath, England