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See also: LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL . Under the name of artificial
is considerable diversity in the preparation of such materials. A See also:common variety consists of a See also:web of See also:calico coated with boiled See also:linseed oil mixed with dryers and See also:lamp-See also:black or other pigment. Several coats of this mixture are uniformly spread, smoothed and compressed on the See also:cotton See also:surface by passing it between See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal rollers, and when the surface is required to possess a glossy See also:enamel-like See also:appearance, it receives a See also:finishing coat of See also:copal See also:varnish. A grained See also:morocco surface is given to the material by passing it between suitably embossed rollers. Preparations of this See also:kind have a See also:close See also:affinity to See also:cloth waterproofed with indiarubber, and to such manufactures as See also:ordinary waxcloth. An artificial leather which has been patented and proposed for use as soles for boots, &c., is composed of powdered scraps and cuttings of leather mixed with See also:solution of guttapercha dried and compressed. In See also:place of the guttapercha solution, oxidized linseed oil or dissolved See also:resin may be used as the binding See also:medium for the leather See also:powder.
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