Report of the Committee on leather for bookbinding (1905)
Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) Committee on leather for bookb inding, Cobham, Charles George Lyttelton, 8th viscount, 1842-1922, Wood, Henry Trueman, 1845-1929, London (England) Leathersellers' company · London, Pub, for the Society of arts by G. Bell & sons · leaf 68
verage breaking stress ofwhole skin in lbs. 93-3N0.5. 17 6 73 51 22 43 45 \ 16 28 75 54 63 92 ? 57 57 96 54 65 > 55 « 51 56 57 31 \ 26 52 27 35 58 80 rt-—^—-^->^1 22 35-3 54-6 65-6 60-85 43-33 Breaking Stresses. Left side, cleared. Right side, not cleared. Average breaking stress of this half… … Average for left side of Average for right side ofskin, 46-5 lbs. skin, 75 lbs. N0.7. Average breaking stress ofthis half skin, 59-6 lbs.N0.8. E 2 REPORT ON would be in preparation for tannage, but which wasdried out in the raw state. It will be noted that thestresses withstood by this skin are…
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