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 78
and sulphur, and com-binations of such chrome tannages with pyrogalloltans, have stood satisfactory tests; and while timealone can prove their durability, it is very probablethat it may exceed that of vegetable tannages. Theiruse in bookbinding must, however, be regarded asto some extent… … PHOTOMICROGRAPHS OF GRAIN OF VARIOUS SKINS.(A. Seymour-Jones.) 1. Cow Hide. 2. Calf Skin. 3. East India Goat. 4. Pig Skin. 5 East India Sheep. 6. Welsh Sheep. [ To face p. 6o. LEATHER FOR BOOKBINDING crease its resistance to water. The tanning processhas throughout a hardening effect on the…
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