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LEATHER.  The growth of the industry during the last half of the nineteenth century and its distribution into different branches is shown by the accompanying table. Consult Sadtler, Handbook of Industrial Organic Chemistry (Philadelphia, 1895); Davis, The Manufacture of Leather

(Philadelphia, 1897); Standage, Leatherworker's Manual (London, 1900); Stevens, Leather Manufacture (Saint Louis, 1891); and Watt, The Art of Leather Manufacture (London, 1897).  LEATHERBACK,, or . A large oceanic turtle (Sphargis coriacea) distinguished prominently by having the