Chapter I: NATURE of GLUE

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Sources of glue; Change in the animal tissues by continued boiling;
Definition of what is known as glue; Most important glue-yielding
substances 1

Transformations of which glue and gelatine are the products;
Transition stages of glue; Production of the glue-yielding substance
of the animal body 2

Crude glue and jelly; Constitution of glue; Combinations of which glue
consists 3

Preparation of pure glutin; Properties of glutin 4

Preparation and properties of chondrin 5

Adhesive power of glutin and of chondrin; Properties of glue and its
behavior towards other substances; Quantity of glutin in glue 6

Properties of jelly before drying to glue; Absorption of ozone by the
jelly; Behavior of glue solution towards different salts; Effect of
acids upon glue; Meta-gelatin 7

Combinations of tannin with the jelly; Effects of dry heat upon glue;
Chemical composition of glue and glue-yielding substance 8

CHAPTER II.

USES of GLUE.

Glue as a joining medium, and requirements for this purpose 10

Glue as a binding agent; Consumption of glue in the manufacture of
matches 11

Quality of glue required by bookbinders; Glue in sizing; Glue for
culinary and medicinal purposes 12

Glue for clarifying and fining beer, wine and other liquids; Bouillon
tablets; Glue as a healing agent 13

Glue for elastic masses and a partial substitute for rubber; Use of
glue in photolithography; Hectograph mass; Glue for fancy articles 14

Gelatine veneers and their uses 15