The Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' Assistant and Guide
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- Containing a Brief History of the Trade. History of India-rubber and Gutta-percha, and Their Application to the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes. Full Instructions in the Art, With Diagrams and Scales, Etc., Etc. Vulcanization and Sulphurization, English and American Patents. With an Elaborate Treatise on Tanning
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. INTRODUCTION.4. CHAPTER I. IMPORTANCE OF THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.5. CHAPTER II. RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.6. CHAPTER III. GUTTA-PERCHA—ITS PROPERTIES, MANUFACTURE, &c.7. CHAPTER IV. GUTTA-PERCHA—ITS FIRST APPLICATION AS A CEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.8. CHAPTER V. GUTTA-PERCHA FOR BELTS, HARNESSES, &C.9. CHAPTER VI. INDIA-RUBBER, ITS DISCOVERY, USES, &C.10. CHAPTER I. PREPARATION OF STOCK.11. TO PREPARE UPPERS MADE OF ANY DESCRIPTION OF LEATHER, OR PART LEATHER AND CLOTH.12. CHAPTER II. HINTS AND INSTRUCTIONS ON CUTTING PATTERN FOR BOOTS AND SHOES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.13. CHAPTER III. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE Manufacture of French Custom Boots, Shoes, and Gaiters.14. CHAPTER I. DISCOVERY OF THE SULPHURIZATION AND VULCANIZATION OF INDIA-RUBBER IN AMERICA.15. CHAPTER II. VULCANIZATION.16. CHAPTER III. VULCANIZATION.17. CHAPTER IV. VULCANIZATION.18. CHAPTER V. ADULTERATION OF INDIA-RUBBER—(Caoutchouc.)19. CHAPTER VI. VALUABLE RECIPES, ETC. PURIFYING GUTTA-PERCHA.20. CHAPTER I. GUTTA-PERCHA PATENTS.21. CHAPTER II. AMERICAN PATENTS AND CLAIMS. INTRODUCTORY.22. CHAPTER I. TANNING.23. CHAPTER II. TANNING AND THE TANNING WOODS OF AMERICA.24. CHAPTER III. PRACTICAL HINTS ON TANNING.25. CHAPTER IV. HIBBARD’S PROCESS OF TANNING.26. CHAPTER V. TANNING PROCESSES.27. CHAPTER VI. PATENTS FOR TANNING.28. APPENDIX.29. DIRECTORY.30. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES