INDEX.

Fancy rule

• Acetic Acid. See Acids, organic.
• Acids, mineral, 20, 21
• ---- ---- See also Sulphuric acid.
• ---- organic; sulphuric acid substituted for, 8, 9
• ----, ---- Use of, advocated, 21
• Aniline dyes. See Leather, dyeing.
• Athenæum Club Committee on leather decay, 11
• Binderies, private; fitting and administration, 41-54
• Binding contracts, 13, 24, 25
• Binding specifications, model, 25
• Bookbinding, education in, want of provision for, 43
• Bookbinding in Public Libraries. See Binderies, private.
• Bookbinding leathers. See Leather; and under names of skins, e.g., Goatskin, &c.
• Book cleaning and polishing. See Leather preservative compositions.
• Books; replacing within covers, 43, 52, 53
• Book-sewing; stabbing process for pamphlets, 42, 43
• ---- ---- Modern methods, 43, 44
• Calvert, C., on decay of leather, 11
• Catechol tannins condemned. See Tannins.
• Calfskin, 26, 36
• Cockerell, D.: Note on Bookbinding, 25
• Damp, influence upon leather, 27, 48
• Davenport, C.: “Repairing and Binding of Books for Public Libraries.” Chap. IV., 41-48
• Decay of leather. See Leather, decay.
• Dyeing leather. See Leather, dyeing.
• Formic acid. See Acids, organic.
• Gas fumes; influence upon leather, 11, 12
• Goatskin, 26, 34-36
• Graining, artificial, of leather. See Leather, artificial graining.
• Heat; action upon leather, 11, 12, 27
• Hogskin. See Pigskin.
• Hull Public Library; Reports on private bindery, 45-47
• Hulme, E. W.: “History of Sumach Tanning, &c.” Chap. I., 7-14
• Jones, A. S.: “Provenance, &c., of Bookbinding Leathers.” Chap. III., 31-38
• Lactic acid. See Acids, organic.
• Lawton, W. F. See Hull Public Library.
• Leather, artificial graining of, 10, 22, 31
• ---- bindings; conditions for preserving, 27
• ----, decay of; history, 10-12
• ----, ---- symptoms, 13, 14
• ----, ---- reasons, 18-24
• ---- dyeing; old and new systems compared, 9, 20, 21
• ---- early manufacture, 17
• ---- finishes, 24
• ---- preservative compositions, 27, 47, 48
• Leathers, retanned; process described and condemned, 22-24
• ----, ---- conditionally recommended, 34, 35
• ---- split, 22, 26, 33
• Leathersellers’ Company; supervision of sumach tanning in 1565, 7
• ---- ---- Grant to Society of Arts’ Committee, 12
• Light, influence upon leather, 27, 48
• Lopez, R., original of “Shylock”, 7, 8
• McBride, Dr., introduces use of sulphuric acid in 1768, 8, 9
• Morocco grain, 35
• ---- ---- artificial. See Leather, artificial graining of.
• Moroccos. See Goatskin; Niger skin; Leathers, retanned.
• Myrobalans, duty on, in 1660, 8
• Niger skin, 34
• Oxalic acid, use of, by binders, 14, 24
• Paper, clay-loaded, mounting, 41, 42
• Parker, J. G.: “Causes of Leather Decay.” Chap. II., 17-27
• ----, ---- appointed Analyst to the L.A., 12, 13
• “Persians.” See Leathers, retanned.
• Pigskin, characteristics, &c., 26, 37, 38
• ---- decay, 14
• Pyrogallol tannins. See Tannins.
• Russia leather, 26
• Sealskin, 26, 37
• Sheepskin, 26, 31-33
• “Shylock,” original of, 8
• Skivers. See Leathers, split.
• Society of Arts’ Committee on Leathers, appointment, 12
• ---- ---- ---- Recommendations, passim.
• Sound Leather Committee; appointment, 12
• Spanish leather, sumach-tanned, 7
• Stationery Office. See Binding contracts.
• Sulphuric acid, first used in 1768, 8, 9
• ---- ---- See also Acids, mineral.
• Sumach tanning, history, 7, 8
• Tannins; pyrogallols distinguished from catechols, 19, 20
• Vellum, 26, 48
• Williamson, F. J.: “Specification for the Fittings of a Small Bindery.” Chap. V., 51-54
• Woodward, C. T.: Experiments on action of gas fumes and heat, 11

ADVERTISEMENTS.

INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

• Bookbinders:
• Banting, George F., x
• Birdsall & Son, xi
• Bookbinders’ Co-operative Society, Ltd., xii
• Chappell, R. D., & Co., xii
• Eyre & Spottiswoode, xiii
• Gray, John P., & Son, xiv
• Mudie & Co., x
• Riley, B., & Co., Ltd., ix
• Smith, W. H., & Son, xii
• Leather Analysis, ii
• Leather Importers:
• Gray, John P., & Son, xiv
• Leather Manufacturers:
• Bevingtons & Sons, iii
• Deed, John S., & Sons, Ltd., v
• Garnar, James, & Sons, vii
• Gibbs, Geo., & Son, vii
• Gryffe Tannery Co., ix
• Meredith-Jones, J., & Sons, Ltd., vi
• Muir, John, & Son, iv
• Richardson, Edward & James, v
• Leather (Bookbinding) Merchants:
• Eyre & Spottiswoode, xiii
• Leather Trades Review, viii
• Sumac Importers:
• “Tiger” Sumac Co., x