The Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' Assistant and Guide. / Containing a Brief History of the Trade. History of India-rubber and Gutta-percha, and Their Application to the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes. Full Instructions in the Art, With Diagrams and Scales, Etc., Etc. Vulcanization and Sulphurization, English and American Patents. With an Elaborate Treatise on Tanning.
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“SUTOR ULTRA CREPIDAM.”
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
W. H. RICHARDSON, Jr.
“Give good hearing to those who give the first information in business.”—Bacon.
BOSTON:
HIGGINS, BRADLEY & DAYTON,
20 Washington St.
1858.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858, by
W. H. RICHARDSON, Jr.,
Unknown
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
APPENDIX.
A HARD BRILLIANT BLACK VARNISH FOR BOOT AND SHOE EDGES AND HEELS.
WATER-PROOF CEMENT.
SEED-LAC VARNISH.
SHELLAC VARNISH.
OF GLUE.
TO MAKE PORTABLE GLUE.
TO MAKE GLUE THAT WILL RESIST MOISTURE.
ANOTHER METHOD.
TO MAKE PARCHMENT GLUE.
A VERY STRONG COMPOUND GLUE.
TO MAKE COMPOUND GLUE.
TO MAKE ISINGLASS GLUE.
TO MAKE ISINGLASS SIZE.
NEW WATER-PROOF CLOTH.
TO RENDER CANVAS WATER-PROOF.
JAPANNING LEATHER.
GUM.
GUM ARABIC CEMENTS.
DIRECTORY.
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