Project Gutenberg 2013-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 100 Adcock, K. J. Leather: From the Raw Material to the Finished Product Reading ease score: 63.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Akers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Leather: From the Raw Material to the Finished Product" by K. J. Adcock is a scientific publication likely written in the early 20th century. This detailed work explores the multifaceted processes involved in leather production, from the collection and treatment of animal hides to the final manufacturing stages. It serves as an educational resource, detailing tanning methods, the evolution of leather manufacture, and the various materials used in the tanning process. The opening of the book outlines the historical evolution of leather manufacture, tracing back to ancient Egyptian methods and their remarkable advancements in the field even without modern machinery. Adcock discusses how leather, derived from the preserved skins of various animals, has undergone numerous transformations over time, transitioning from rudimentary drying techniques to sophisticated chemical processes like chrome tanning. He sets the stage for further exploration into the specific materials involved in tanning, the preparation methods necessary for different types of leather, and the machinery that has revolutionized the industry, emphasizing the balance of art and science in the craft of leather making. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43377/43377-h/images/cover.jpg en Leather HD Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society 337484 337492 2024-11-18T08:10:18.281541 2023-09-19T04:25:54.219137 text/html text/html 329855 2013-08-01T08:29:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2017100 2013-08-01T08:29:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2234409 2024-11-18T08:10:24.225524 application/epub+zip 2237033 2024-11-18T08:10:19.572543 application/epub+zip 173545 2024-11-18T08:10:18.907532 application/epub+zip 2343699 2024-11-18T08:10:27.735484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2309060 2024-11-18T08:10:23.555523 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251120 2022-09-19T18:37:32.024586 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 284661 284560 2024-10-18T08:26:41.782767 2023-09-19T04:25:53.239128 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 284316 2013-08-01T08:29:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 99846 2013-08-01T08:29:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 284367 2013-08-01T08:29:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 99799 2013-08-01T08:29:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21216 2024-11-18T08:10:27.873486 application/rdf+xml 26953 2024-11-18T08:10:19.014530 image/jpeg 3059 2024-11-18T08:10:18.961538 image/jpeg 2047736 2024-11-18T08:10:18.396552 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog