FOOTNOTES:
[1] Report of First Conference of Leather Trade Chemists, 1897, p. 146.
[2] Jour. Chem. Soc., Mar. 1886.
[3] Jour. Soc. Chem. Ind., 1894. p. 218.
[4] Died, April 1905.
[5] There is a copy in the British Museum and also in the Patent Office Library.
[6] Some further analyses of grains at Trent Bridge gave the following results:—
| Water | CaO | CaO on dry skin | |
| Grain from splitting machines | 76·3 | 1·14 | 4·8 |
| The same after washing 24 hrs. | 86·0 | 0·22 | 1·57 |
| The same after puering | — | — | 0·80 |
| Another grain | 79·7 | 1·06 | 5·20 |
| The same after deliming as completely as possible with HCl | — | — | 0·45 |
| Skin in natural condition | 64·0 | — | 0·125 |
M. C. Lamb has found in sheep grains split for skivers the following amounts:—
| Ash | CaO | CaO in Ash | |
| Grain from splitting machine | 9·3 | 3·2 | 34·8 |
| The same after washing | 4·1 | 1·5 | 35·1 |
| The same after puering | 3·1 | 0·9 | 29·1 |
| The same after bran drench | 1·7 | 0·55 | 32·4 |