Excerpt from Manufacture of Leather: Manufacture of Leather, Parts 1-3The corium determines the quality of the leather that can be made from a hide. Its thickness, ¿exibility, and strength are reproduced in the leather. Between the fibers of the corium is an albuminous substance called coriin: in a dry state this holds and connects the fibers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.