Bulletin - United States National Museum (1964) (14596981089)

Tanyard, 1836

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Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum

Year: 1877 (1870s)

Authors: United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution United States. Dept. of the Interior

Subjects: Science

Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, (etc.) for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off.

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asses; but of these only a small part is used, cut from thecrupper-line along the back about thirty-four inches upon thecrupper, and twenty-eight along the back. The chief dyes ofshagreen are green, blue, and black. Various processes have been invented to render leather for shoesand boots water-tight, which is effected by an additional dressingwith an oily or resinous matter: the following recipe is said to beeffectual. One pound of linseed-oil; half a pound of mutton suet;six ounces of beeswax, and four of resin, are to be melted, thorough-ly incorporated, and applied, while warm, to the upper-leatherand the soles. The Work of the Currier in 1836 (From Edward Hazen, The Panorama of Projessions and Trades, pp. 67-70.) 1. It is the business of the currier to dress the thinner kinds ofleather, which he procures from the tanner in an unfinished state.In most cases, in the United States, except in and near large cities,the business of tanning and currying are usually united in the same 86

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figure 27.—Tanyard, 1836. individual; or, at least, the two branches of business are carried ontogether by the aid of workmen skilled in their respective trades. 2. The mode of dressing the different kinds of skins, varies insome respects; but, as the general method of operating is the samein every sort, a description applicable in one case will convey asufficiently accurate idea of the whole. We shall, therefore, selectthe calf-skin, since it is more frequently the subject of the curriersskill, than any other. 3. The skin is first soaked in water, until it has become suffi-ciently soft, and then shaved with the currier s kriife, on the innerside, over the curriers bea?n: it is then placed on a table, somewhatinclined from the workman, and scoured on both sides with theedge of a narrow, smooth stone, set in a handle; and again, with aniron sleeker, of a similar shape. The skin is next stufed with acomposition of tallow and tanners oil on the flesh side, and thenhung up to dry. After

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