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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.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I. IMPORTANCE OF THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.
CHAPTER II. RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.
CHAPTER III. GUTTA-PERCHA—ITS PROPERTIES, MANUFACTURE, &c.
GUTTA-PERCHA IN THE FACTORY.
GUTTA-PERCHA BOATS.
GUTTA-PERCHA—MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS.
GUTTA-PERCHA—ORNAMENTAL WORK.
GUTTA-PERCHA PIPES AND TUBES.
CEMENT EXPERIMENTS.
STEREOTYPING FROM GUTTA-PERCHA.
ACOUSTIC USES OF GUTTA-PERCHA.
CHAPTER IV. GUTTA-PERCHA—ITS FIRST APPLICATION AS A CEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING GUTTA-PERCHA AND RUBBER IN THEIR USES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.
PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING BOOTS OR SHOES BY SIMPLY CEMENTING THE EDGES OF THE IN SOLE AND OUTER SOLE.
CHAPTER V. GUTTA-PERCHA FOR BELTS, HARNESSES, &C.
GUTTA-PERCHA IN ITS APPLICATION TO WOOD WORK, &C.,—IMPORTANT TO SHIP AND BOAT BUILDERS.
TESTIMONIALS CONCERNING THE PRACTICAL VALUE OF GUTTA-PERCHA, AND ITS APPLICATION TO BOOTS AND SHOES, IN LONDON.
CHAPTER VI. INDIA-RUBBER, ITS DISCOVERY, USES, &C.
INDIA-RUBBER CLEANING PROCESSES.
MACKINTOSH CLOTH.
INDIA-RUBBER CUTTING PROCESSES.
INDIA-RUBBER LIQUID.
INDIA-RUBBER BRAIDS AND WEBS.
INDIA-RUBBER VULCANIZED.
INDIA-RUBBER OR (CAOUTCHOUC) AND GUTTA-PERCHA—COMPARISON OF THE CRUDE MATERIALS.
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I. PREPARATION OF STOCK.
MIDDLE SOLES, AND SPUR, OR SPRING LIFTS.
TO PREPARE IN-SOLES.
TO PREPARE COUNTERS OR STIFFENINGS.
PREPARATION OF STOCK FOR CLOTH SHOES.—PREPARATION OF THE UPPER STOCK.
TO PREPARE UPPERS MADE OF ANY DESCRIPTION OF LEATHER, OR PART LEATHER AND CLOTH.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LASTING.
CEMENTING PROCESS AFTER LASTING.
DIRECTIONS FOR APPLYING THICK OR THIN SOLES TO SHOES AND BOOTS.
REMARKS ON FINISHING.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING TAPS OR SOLES FOR REPAIRING.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING THE BOOT, OR SHOE, TO BE REPAIRED.
HINTS TO REPAIRERS OF BOOTS AND SHOES.
IMPORTANT FACTS FOR MANUFACTURERS.
COMPOUNDS FOR HEELS OF SHOES OR BOOTS.
VARIOUS FIBROUS COMPOUNDS FOR IN-SOLES, STIFFENINGS OR COUNTERS, FOR ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF CEMENTED BOOTS AND SHOES.
PRACTICAL HINTS.
CHAPTER II. HINTS AND INSTRUCTIONS ON CUTTING PATTERN FOR BOOTS AND SHOES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
FITTING UP LASTS TO THE MEASUREMENTS OF THE FOOT.
CUTTING BOOT PATTERNS.
COMMON OR MEDIUM PROPORTIONS OF FEET.
CHAPTER III. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE Manufacture of French Custom Boots, Shoes, and Gaiters.
CALF-LIKE MEASURE OF THE LEG.—LAST MEASURE.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LASTING BOOTS.
SHOES.
GAITER BOOTS.
PREPARATION OF STOCK.
TO PREVENT SQUEAKING.
BOOK III.
CHAPTER I. DISCOVERY OF THE SULPHURIZATION AND VULCANIZATION OF INDIA-RUBBER IN AMERICA.
CHAPTER II. VULCANIZATION.
CHAPTER III. VULCANIZATION.
CHAPTER IV. VULCANIZATION.
CHAPTER V. ADULTERATION OF INDIA-RUBBER—(Caoutchouc.)
COMMON WHITE BUFFER-RINGS, WASHERS, ETC.
HYPO-CLOTH FOR WATER-PROOF COATS, &C.
ADULTERATION OF INDIA-RUBBER, IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANUFACTURE OF INVALID WATER MATTRESSES AND CUSHIONS.
CHAPTER VI. VALUABLE RECIPES, ETC. PURIFYING GUTTA-PERCHA.
PURIFICATION OF GUTTA-PERCHA,
MARINE GLUE.
INDIA-RUBBER ARMOR.
NEW GUTTA-PERCHA COMPOSITION.
INDIA-RUBBER VARNISH.
WATER-PROOFING OIL.
INDIA-RUBBER TEETH.
EMERY PAPER.
SULPHURIZED OIL PAINT.
INDIA-RUBBER AND COAL TAR.
LIQUID GLUE.
ENORMOUS STRENGTH OF GUTTA-PERCHA TUBING.
CHEAP AND SIMPLE METHOD OF MAKING LEATHER WATER-PROOF.
BOOK IV.
CHAPTER I. GUTTA-PERCHA PATENTS.
PLASTIC APPLICATIONS.
APPLICATIONS IN STATE OF SOLUTION.
HANCOCK’S PATENT.
RE-VULCANIZATION.
CLAIMS.
DESCRIPTION OF HANCOCK AND CO.’S PATENT GUTTA-PERCHA HEEL TIPS.
CHAPTER II. AMERICAN PATENTS AND CLAIMS. INTRODUCTORY.
SYNOPSIS OF AMERICAN PATENTS.
DESCRIPTIVE INDEX OF CHEMICAL PATENTS ISSUED BY THE U. S. PATENT OFFICE, IN 1855-6.
BOOK V.
CHAPTER I. TANNING.
CHAPTER II. TANNING AND THE TANNING WOODS OF AMERICA.
CHAPTER III. PRACTICAL HINTS ON TANNING.
CHAPTER IV. HIBBARD’S PROCESS OF TANNING.
CHAPTER V. TANNING PROCESSES.
THE PRELLER PROCESS.
TANNING BUCKSKIN.
NEW METHOD OF TANNING.
DEXTER’S PROCESS OF TANNING.
FAIR LEATHER.[5]
CHAPTER VI. PATENTS FOR TANNING.
APPENDIX.
JENKINS’ NEW AND IMPROVED HEATER AND PRESS, FOR MAKING CEMENTED BOOTS AND SHOES.
VALUABLE AND RELIABLE RECIPES FOR GUTTA-PERCHA AND INDIA-RUBBER CEMENT, FOR BOOTS AND SHOES. ALSO, VARNISHES, GUMS AND GLUES.
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.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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