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Leather

Made by the tanning of animal hides, leather has proven to be a versatile and important material. Without it, the Pilgrims may not have survived the winters in Plymouth, and the Romans may not have been able to march to the Tigris.

Aired: Mar 08, 2006 Genre: DocumentaryCreated By: Bruce NashDuration: 44m Rating: 0 Country: United States of America Production: Jupiter Entertainment, Six West Media

Episodes

01: Containers 02: Fire 03: Cotton 04: Engineering Disasters 18 05: Candy 06: Weird Weapons: The Axis 07: Nature Tech: Avalanches 08: Engineering Disasters: New Orleans 09: Leather 10: Engineering Disasters 19 11: Insulation 12: Hi-Tech Hitler 13: Shovels 14: Drilling 15: 80s Tech 16: Ben Franklin Tech 17: Copper Kings 18: Heavy Metals 19: Money 20: BBQ Tech 21: American Eats Special 22: High Explosives 23: Pirate Tech 24: Boneyard: Where Machines End Their Lives 25: World's Biggest Machines 5 26: Super Tools: Skyscraper 27: The AK-47 28: Nuts 29: Classic Cars 30: Making Medieval Armor 31: Rube Goldberg 32: Batteries 33: Mummy Tech 34: Levees 35: Water 36: The Cola Wars 37: Copper 38: Shotguns 39: Building In The Name Of God 40: Horsepower 41: Renewable Energy 42: Freight Trains 43: Cities of the Underworld 44: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway 45: Stealth & Beyond: Air Stealth 46: Stealth & Beyond: Sea Stealth 47: Ink 48: Distilleries 2 49: World's Strongest 50: Tomcat Sunset 51: Tobacco 52: The Supermarket 53: Breakfast Tech 54: Wine 55: Harvesting 2 56: Engineering Disasters 20 57: Snow 58: Tea 59: Christmas Tech 60: Wind