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Mauveine acetate dye in microcrystalline form in a cork-stoppered glass bottle

Mauveine acetate dye in microcrystalline form in a cork-stoppered glass bottle

1906

Papers relating to Sir William Henry Perkin and his discovery of the aniline dye mauveine

Papers relating to Sir William Henry Perkin and his discovery of the aniline dye mauveine

Specimen of Sir Wm. Perkin's original artificial preparation of Alizarine

Specimen of Sir Wm. Perkin's original artificial preparation of Alizarine

1869

Booklet consisting of a reprint from the Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry titled 'The President's Address' by Dr W. H. Perkin.

Publication - 'The President's Address' by Dr W. H. Perkin

11 sheets, 1 envelope

Correspondence - Letter from William Henry Perkin to Heinrich Caro

Burgundy, leather-bound laboratory notebook with the initial 'G' embossed on the front. Internally, it is indexed, with numbered pages and contains handwritten entries by William Henry Perkin.

Volume - William Henry Perkin's laboratory notebook

Bound, typed copy of a speech delivered by Sir William Perkin, F.R.S., at Dyers' Hall, Dowgate Hill, London at a Dinner on the 6th February 1907, in response to the toast of 'The Dyeing Industries'.

Document - Speech delivered by Sir William Perkin at Dyers Hall

Document - Notes by William Henry Perkin entitled "Some of the Laboratories I have worked in"

Leatherbound scrapbook containing newspaper cuttings of visit to America. The front of the volume is inscribed 'Presented to Sir William Henry Perkin in remembrance of his visit to America'.

Scrapbook - Newspaper cuttings of visit to America

Notebook containing notes handwritten by William Henry Perkin, used at the time of the discovery of mauveine in 1856. Contains some of Perkin's fingerprints in mauve on pages, and also evidence of mauve on other pages.

Volume - William Henry Perkin's notebook

Manuscript written in slighted faded ink headed 'Hexatriene'.

Document - Manuscript Headed 'Hexatriene'

Small, leather-bound notebook with a metal clasp containing Perkin's early science lecture notes written at the age of 13. Taken during the Winter session.

Volume - Perkin's early science lecture notes

Handwritten research notes by William Henry Perkin and B. F. Duppa on the topic of Cyanoacetate of Ethyl.

Document - Research notes by William Henry Perkin and B. F. Duppa

Printed document listing the titles and publisher of thirty papers by William Henry Perkin.

Document - Printed list of the titles of thirty papers by William Henry Perkin

Copy of Articles of Association of Perkin and Company Limited, prepared by Cotterell & Sons.

Document - Articles of Association of Perkin and Company Limited