An illustration of two boys, one reading a book and the other yawning and stretching.

Two Boys Reading & Yawning

An illustration of two boys, one reading a book and the other yawning and stretching.

"In the case of limed stock the hides, at the proper stage, are withdrawn from the pits and stretched over an unhairing beam." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Tanner's Beam

"In the case of limed stock the hides, at the proper stage, are withdrawn from the pits and stretched…