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Garfield, Simon

 
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Offers a study of the color mauve--created in 1856 by eighteen-year-old English chemist William Perkin, who was working on a treatment for malaria in his home laboratory and accidentally discovered what became the most desired shade in fashion and ultimately led to the development of explosives, perfume, photography, and modern medicine. Reprint.

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In 1856 18-year-old English chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered a way to mass-produce colour. Simon Garfield explains how the experimental mishap that produced an odd shade of purple revolutionized fashion, as well as industrial applications of chemistry reasearch.

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