Glass display bottle containing mauveine hydrochloride

Made:
1910-1945 in England
maker:
Perkin and Sons
inventor:
William Henry Perkin
Three glass bottles containing mauveine acetate or mauveine Three glass bottles containing mauveine acetate or mauveine Three glass bottles containing mauveine acetate or mauveine Group shot (from left to right) of 1947-115/1 Tall glass Group shot (from left to right) of 1947-115/1 Tall glass

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Three glass bottles containing mauveine acetate or mauveine
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Three glass bottles containing mauveine acetate or mauveine
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Three glass bottles containing mauveine acetate or mauveine
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Group shot (from left to right) of 1947-115/1 Tall glass
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Group shot (from left to right) of 1947-115/1 Tall glass
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Medium size glass display bottle containing mauveine hydrochloride.

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:
1947-115/2
Materials:
glass and dye
Measurements:
overall: he.285 mm x dia. 85 mm,
type:
dye
credit:
Miss A.F.Perkin