Book
Mauve : how one man invented a color that changed the world / Simon Garfield.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393323137 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 224 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2002.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. Invention. The celebrity -- Not the land of science -- Floating in the air -- The recipe -- Hindrance and synthesis -- Mauve measles -- The terrible glare -- Madder -- Poisoning the clientele -- Part 2. Exploitation. Red letter days -- Self-destruction -- The new eventuality -- Physical acts -- Fingerprints. |
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| Subject: | Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907. Mauve. Dye industry > Great Britain. Chemists > England > Biography. |