Anthony D Covington is Emeritus Professor of Leather Science at the University of Northampton, UK. The book is the culmination of a 40 year career in chemistry and the leather industry which started with a graduateship of the Royal Institute of Chemistry (now the Royal Society of Chemistry) at Teesside Polytechnic (now the University of Teesside). He continued his chemistry experience with doctoral studies in physical organic chemistry at Stirling University, followed by post doctoral research in physical chemistry at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Professor Covington then joined the British Leather Manufacturers' Association (later to become BLC The Leather Technology Centre of Northampton, UK), where he spent 18 years engaged in research and development, industrial consultancy and problem solving in the UK and overseas. From 1995-7, he was President of the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies (IULTCS) and since 1995 he has been with the British School of Leather Technology of the University of Northampton. Professor Covington has 21 doctoral completions and 230 technical publications to his name.
Chapter 1: Collagen and skin structure
Chapter 2: Skin and its Components
Chapter 3: Curing and preservation
Chapter 4: Soaking
Chapter 5: Unhairing
Chapter 6: Liming
Chapter 7: Deliming
Chapter 8: Bating
Chapter 9: Pickling
Chapter 10: Tanning
Chapter 11: Chrome tanning
Chapter 12: Mineral tanning
Chapter 13: Vegetable tanning
Chapter 14: Other tannages
Chapter 15: Post tanning
Chapter 16: Dyeing
Chapter 17: Fatliquoring
Chapter 18: Drying
Chapter 19 : Theory of tanning
Chapter 20: Future technologies
