Display bottle containing mauveine salt
- Made:
- 1863
Tall glass display bottle containing mauveine salt.
The British chemist William Perkin created the first synthetic dye, mauveine, while attempting to synthesis the malaria medicine quinine. Chemists quickly discovered many other synthetic dyes, which were cheaper than natural ones and came in a wide range of new colours, kick-starting chemical synthesis on an industrial scale.
Details
- Category:
- Industrial Chemistry
- Object Number:
- 1947-115/1
- Measurements:
-
overall: he.435 mm x dia. 100 mm,
- type:
- chemical
- credit:
- Perkin, A F