Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 171
cess renders the skinsnearly impervious to water, and makes them so tough thatthey can withstand the ravages of time and remain firm andstrong even for centuries. It is said that specimens of leather have been discoveredin China which are surely three thousand years old. Theyhad been tanned by the… … ^fOii^ - CLOTHING—LEATHER. 169 Sir Edwin Arnold found a pair of slippers in a sarcophagusin India, and nothing else was present except a small heapof dust. In the huts of the Rock Dwellers in Arizonatanned leather has been found. In ancient Babylon theyhad a process of tanning, and nearly two…
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