This fascinating book contains a detailed treatise on the chemical
aspects of leather tanning, detailing chrome tanning theory, its
practical application, and chemical control. A must-have for serious
leatherworkers, this antique text contains a wealth of scientific
information pivotal to the proper application of chrome tanning.
Chapters included within this book are: 'The Preparation of Technical
Chrome Tanning Liquors', 'Some Factors in the One-bath Chrome Tanning
Process', 'The Washing and Neutralising of Chrome Leather', 'Works
Control in the Chrome Tannery', 'The Chemistry of Chromium Salts', and
many more. This book has been elected for modern republication due to
its educational value, and is proudly republished here complete with a
new prefatory introduction to the subject.