Excerpt from Practical Tanning: A Handbook of Modern Practice and Processes as Applied in the Manufacture of Leather and Allied ProductsRaw hide. Lace leather - Shark-liver oil tannage: Latigo leather A1um-tanned_ lace leather No. 1: Alum tannage No. 2: Alum tannage no. 3: Picker leather: Pyro 'tan. Chamois leather - Bleaching. Rogers' shark-liver oil process. Sheepskin ¿eshers - Imitation castor. White calfskin leather - Tannage: Fat-liquoring: Finishing: Formaldehyde tannage: Kid glove leather. White pigskins. Tan ning snake skins with alum and salt. White Splits. Splits for white shoes. Tanning buckskins. White buckskin. Indian method of tanning buckskins. Tanning with formaldehyde.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.