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In the Footsteps of Perkin
Author(s) -
CLIFFE W. H.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
journal of the society of dyers and colourists
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 0037-9859
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1956.tb02118.x
Subject(s) - art , chemistry
It is less easy to make Perkin's Mauve than may be supposed. With little more than the original patent specification as a guide, yet with all the facilities of modern laboratories, chemists of 1956 have experienced difficulty in preparing on a small scale Mauve equal in quality to that which Perkin & Sons manufactured almost a century ago.