INDEX

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Acetate, aluminum, 118

—— chromium, 120

—— copper, 120

—— ferrous, 119

—— lead, 126

Acetic acid, 112

Acid dyes, 174

Acids, action of, on hair, 29

—— —— on skin, 26

After-treatment with copper, 168

Alaska fox imitations, 143

Alkaline aluminum mordants, 122

—— chromium mordants, 123

—— iron mordants, 123

Alum, 32, 53, 118

—— chrome, 57

—— -chrome tans, 64

—— tans, 54, 56

Aluminum acetate, 118

—— mordants, 118

—— sulphate, 53, 118

Ammonia, 110

Ammonium sulphide, 126

Aniline black, 144

—— —— by dip process, 154

—— —— chemistry, 145

—— —— Green’s process for, 152

—— —— nature of, 144

—— —— One-bath, 149

—— —— Oxidation, 150

—— —— processes, 149

—— —— ungreenable, 148

Aniline oil, 145

Astrachan, 5, 7, 12

Bacteria, 51

Badger, 7

Ball-drum, 62

Bandrowski’s base, 164

Basic dyes, 171

Beam, 38

Beaming, 38

Bear, black, 5, 7

—— brown, 5, 8

—— white, 8

—— —— bleaching of, 179

Beating furs, 79

Beaver, 5, 8, 25, 83, 94

Beechwood ashes, 108

Bichromate of soda, 121, 147

Black, aniline, 144

—— —— by Green’s process, 152

—— —— chemistry of, 145

—— —— nature of, 144

—— —— One-bath, 149

—— —— Oxidation, 150

—— —— ungreenable, 148

Black, diphenyl, 152

—— logwood, 139

—— on Chinese goats, 141

—— on lambs, 141

—— on raccoon, 130

—— on skunk, 130

—— on wolf, 130

Bleaching of furs, 179

Blending, 91, 104

Blue-grey on white furs, 142

Blueing, 184

Blue salt, 120

—— vitriol, 119

Borax, 39, 58

Brasilein, 135

Brasilin, 135

Brazilwood, 135

Bright shades on furs, 171

Broadtail, 8, 12

—— dyeing of, 139

Brown on Thibet sheep, 169

—— with natural dyes, 142

Brush process, 98

Brushes used in dyeing, 100

Butter, 60, 63

Cage, 80

Cageing, 80

Campeachy wood, 133

Caracul, 8, 12

—— dressing of, 53

Caracul, dyeing of, 140

Carnivorous animals, furs of, 37

Cased skins, 36

Castor oil, 60, 63

Cat, civet, 5, 8

—— house, 8

Caustic soda, 44, 110, 113

Centrifugal machine, 40

Chamber drying, 73

Chamois dressing, 31

—— tan, 49, 58, 61

Characteristics of tans, 65

Chestnut extract, 133

Chinchilla, 5, 6, 8, 94

—— blending of, 91, 104

Chinchillone, 9

China goat, black on, 141

Chlorates, 147

Chloride of lime, 174

—— —— bleach, 184

Chrome acetate, 120

—— alum, 57, 120

—— colors, 176

—— -copper mordant, 167

—— -formaldehyde tan, 64

—— tans, 57, 174

Chromium mordants, 120, 166

—— —— alkaline, 123

—— salts in tanning, 53

Cleaning pelts, 40

Coal tar colors, 171

Cocoanut oil, 60

Cod-liver oil, 60

Collagen, 25

Colloidal solutions, 48

Combination tans, 49, 64

Conveying dyed skins, 104

Conveyor drying, 73

Copper acetate, 119

—— mordants, 119, 166

—— salts, 109

—— —— after-treatment with, 168

—— sulphate, 119

Copperas, 119

Copper-iron mordant, 167

Coriin, 21

Corium, 21

Cortex, 23

Cottonseed oil, 60, 63

Cuba wood, 134

Cutch, gambier, 65, 135

Cuticle, 23

Davy, Sir Humphrey, 47

Degreasing furs, 179

Diphenyl black, 152

Dip process, 98

Dressing of lambs, 52

—— —— rabbits, 54

—— —— moles, 54

Drum, 80

Drum-cleaning, 105

Drumming, 76

Drying-oils, 60

Drying skins, 71

Durability of furs, 5

Dyeing furs at higher temperatures, 174

Dyeing of imitations, 93

—— —— novelty shades, 92

—— with aniline black, 144

—— —— coal tar colors, 171

—— —— mineral colors, 125

—— —— oxidation colors, 155

—— —— vegetable colors, 128

Egg-yolk, 63

Emeraldine, 145

Enzymes, 51

Epidermis, 21

Erdmann, 155

Ermine, 5, 9

—— bleaching of, 179

Fahrion, 48

Fat-glands, 21

Fats, animal, 59

Fermentation, 51

Ferrous acetate, 119

Ferrous sulphate, 119

Finishing dyed furs, 104

Fisher, 9

Fitch, 9, 94

Flat skins, 36

Fleshing, 41

—— knife, 38, 42

—— machines, 42

Flesh side, 22, 37

Formaldehyde, 63

—— -chrome tan, 64

—— tans, 49, 63

Formic acid, 44, 50

—— —— as soaking agent, 39

Fox, black on, 140

—— blue, 9

—— cross, 4, 10

—— grey, 10

—— kit, 10

—— red, 4, 5, 10

—— —— dyed imitation silver fox, 137

—— silver, 4, 10

—— —— imitations, 137, 143

—— white, 11, 94

—— —— bleaching of, 179

French seal dye, 138, 144

Furamine dyes, 162

Fur beating machine, 80

Fur dressing, 30

Fur dyeing, 91

—— —— difficulties of, 95

—— —— with aniline black, 144

—— —— with coal tar colors, 171

—— —— with mineral colors, 125

—— —— with oxidation colors, 155

—— —— with vegetable colors, 128

Fur-hair, 24

Furriers’ guilds, 34, 90

Furrol dyes, 166

Furs, colors of, 3

—— description of, 7

—— durability of, 5

—— of carnivorous animals, 37

—— of herbivorous animals, 37

—— quality of, 3, 4

—— uses of, 1

—— valuation of, 6

—— weight of, 5

Fustic, 134

—— shades with, 135

Gall-nuts, 128, 132

Gambier cutch, 65, 135

Gelatine, 1, 25, 47, 48

Genet, 5

Glycerine, 63

Goat, 5, 11

—— logwood black on, 141

Green’s process for aniline black, 152

Grey-blue on white furs, 142

Ground water, 87

Guard-hair, 24

Guilds, furriers’, 34, 90

Hair, 22

—— action of acids on, 27

—— action of alkalies on, 28

—— action of salts on, 28

Hamster, 3, 11

Hardness of water, 87

Hare, 5, 11, 94

—— black on, 140

—— blue-grey on, 142

—— lynx dye on, 126

—— stone marten imitation on, 126

Hematein, 133

Hematoxylin, 133

Herbivorous animals, furs of, 37

Hudson seal, 144

Hydro-extraction, 40

Hydrogen peroxide, 168

—— —— bleaching with, 182

Hydrosulphite bleach, 181

Hypochlorites, 184

Imitations, dyeing of, 93

Iron mordants, 119, 167

Iron pyrolignite, 119

Iron salts in tanning, 53

Iron tan, 58

Iron vitriol, 119

Kangaroo, 12

Keratin, 25

Kicker, 61

Killing, 98, 106

—— formulas, 108

—— nature of, 107

—— purpose of, 106

—— by brush process, 111

—— by dip process, 111

—— with caustic soda, 113

—— with lime, 112

—— with soda, 112

Knapp, 46, 57

Knife, beaming, 38

—— shaving, 38

—— fleshing, 38

Kolinsky, 5, 12

Krimmer, 5, 12, 13

Lactic acid, 44, 51

Lactic acid fermentation, 50

Lambs, 12

—— dressing of, 50, 53

—— dyeing of, 92, 140, 141, 142

Lard, 60

Lead, acetate, 126

Lead sulphide dye, 126

Leather, definition of, 48

—— dressing of, 30

Leopard, 5, 13, 94

—— tanning of, 43

Lima wood, 135

Lime, 108, 110, 112

Linseed oil, 60

Litharge, 109

Loft drying, 72

Logwood, 133

—— blacks, 139

—— shades with, 134

Lynx, 5, 13

—— imitation on rabbit and hare, 126

Luster of hair, 23

Machines used in brush dyeing, 102

—— —— dip dyeing, 103

Marmot, 14, 68, 94

Marten, blending of, 91, 104

Marten, baum, 5, 14

—— stone, 5, 14

—— —— imitation, 126

Medulla, 22

Meunier, 46

Mineral colors, 125

—— oils, 59, 63

—— tans, 49, 53

Mink, 5, 14, 68, 94

Mole, 5, 15

—— tanning of, 54

Monkey, 15

Mordanting, 98, 114

Mordants, alkaline, 121

—— aluminum, 118

—— chrome-copper, 167

—— chromium, 120, 166

—— copper, 119, 166

—— copper-iron, 167

—— iron, 119, 167

—— tin, 121

Mucines, 25

Muskrat, 5, 15, 68, 94

—— imitation seal on, 144, 169

Neats-foot oil, 60, 63

Neradol D., 64

Nigraniline, 147

Non-drying oils, 60, 63

Novelty shades, dyeing of, 92

Nutgalls, 33, 132

Nutria, 5, 15, 94

Oiling, 62, 77

Oils, drying, 60

—— non-drying, 50

—— partially-drying, 60, 63

Olive oil, 60

One-bath aniline black, 149

Opossum, 5, 15, 68

—— black on, 140

—— skunk imitation on, 138

—— seal imitation on, 144

Otter, River, 5, 16, 94

—— Sea, 5, 16

Over-hair, 24

Oxidation aniline black, 150

—— colors, 155

—— —— shades with, 165

Para-amido phenol, 153, 157

Para-phenylene diamine, 153, 157, 162

Partially-drying oils, 60, 63

Pelage, 2

Pelt, 2

Pernambuco wood, 135

Peroxide of hydrogen, 168, 182

Peroxides, 182

Persian lamb, 5, 12

—— —— dressing of, 50, 53

—— —— dyeing of, 139

Physical theories of tanning, 47

Pickle, 49

Pigment granules, 23

Pony, Russian, 5, 16

Potassium permanganate as a dye, 127

—— —— as a bleach, 183

Protective-hair, 24

Pyrolignite of iron, 119

Quercitron, 135

Quinone di-imine, 163

Rabbit, 6, 17, 94

—— imitation seal on, 144

—— lynx imitation on, 126

—— sable imitation on, 168

—— stone marten imitation on, 126

—— tanning of, 54, 65

Raccoon, 6, 17

—— black on, 140

—— skunk imitation on, 170

Rain water, 86

Red fox, dyed as silver fox, 137

Redwood, 135

Rodol colors, 165

Russian tan, 51

Sable, 6, 94

—— American, 17

—— blending of, 91, 104

—— imitation on rabbit, 168

—— Russian, 18

Salammoniac, 109

Salt, 32, 49

—— -acid tan, 49

—— -water soak, 39

Salts, neutral, 54

—— basic, 54, 115

Sawdust in drum-cleaning, 80

“Schrot-beize,” 50

Seal, 6, 18, 94

—— fur, 18

—— dyeing of, 92, 144

—— hair, 19

—— imitation on muskrat, 138, 169

—— -oil, 60

Shearing, 82

—— machine, 84

Shrinking-point of skins, 66

—— effect of chemicals on, 67

Silver fox imitations, 137, 143

Skin, 21

—— action of acids on, 26

—— action of alkalies on, 27

Skunk, 6, 19, 94

—— imitation on opossum, 138

—— —— on raccoon, 170

Soaking skins, 39

Soda ash, 110, 112

Sodium bichromate, 121, 166

—— bisulphite, 127, 181

—— chloride, 49

—— peroxide, 182

—— sulphite, 181

Soft water, 87

Softening skins, 38

Souring, 113

Squirrel, 6, 19

Staking, 78

Stannous chloride, 121

Stiasny, 64

Stone marten imitation, 126

Stretching, 78

—— machines, 78

Sugar of lead, 126

Sulphonated oils, 63

Sulphuric acid, 49

Sulphurous acid bleach, 180

Sumach, 128, 133

—— tanning with, 33

Surface water, 87

Sweat-glands, 22

Tallow, 60

Tanned furs, qualities of, 48

Tanning methods, comparison of, 65

Tannins, 32, 132

Tiger, 19

Top-hair, 24

Train oils, 63

Tramping machine, 61

Turmeric, 136

Under-hair, 24

Under-wool, 24

Ungreenable aniline black, 148

Unhairing, 82

—— machine, 83

Ursol dyes, 157, 165

Vanadium compounds, 147

Vat dyes, 177

Vegetable dyes, 128, 136

—— oils, 59

—— tans, 49, 65

Verdigris, 120

Water, hard, 87

—— soft, 87

Whale oil, 60

White fox, bleaching of, 179

Wolf, 6, 19

Wolverine, 6, 20

Wombat, 20

Wood dyes, 128

Yellow wood, 134

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