 | Alexander Watt (F.R.S.S.A.) - 1885 - 506 pages
...called the feeding of leather, in the slow method of tanning ; and though the processes of the art may in some cases be protracted for an unnecessary...have arrived, in consequence of repeated practical experiment, at a degree of perfection (in the quality of the leather) which cannot be very far exceeded... | |
 | Alexander Watt - 1906 - 576 pages
...called the feeding of leather, in the slow method of tanning ; and though the processes of the art may in some cases be protracted for an unnecessary...have arrived, in consequence of repeated practical experiment, at a degree of perfection (in the tjnutif// of the leather) which cannot be very far exceeded... | |
 | David Knight - 1998 - 236 pages
...and their peculiar properties'.16 He concluded of workmen in tanneries that 'in general, they seem to have arrived, in consequence of repeated practical...elucidations of theory that have as yet been made known.'17 His chemical investigations conferred authority upon the most advanced practitioners and... | |
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These observations show, that there is some foundation for the vulgar opinion of workmen, concerning what is technically called the feeding of leather in the slow method of tanning ; and though the processes of the art may in some cases be protracted... 
