An edition of Mauve (2000)

Mauve

How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World

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An edition of Mauve (2000)

Mauve

How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World

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  • 2 Have read

Explains how English chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered a way to mass-produce color in a factory in 1856, and discusses how his discovery of the color mauve changed the fashion industry.

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W. W. Norton & Company
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English
Pages
222

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Dye industry, Mauve, Chemists, Biography, Kleurstoffen, Kleurstoffenindustrie, Chemistry, History, Dyes and dyeing, Great britain, biography, New York Times reviewed, ART, Color Theory, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Science & Technology, Colors

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W. H. Perkin Sir (1838-1907), William Henry Perkin Sir (1838-1907)

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Great Britain, England
Edition Availability
Cover of: Mauve
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World
May 2002, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: Mauve
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World
May 2002, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: Mauve
Mauve
September 3, 2001, Faber and Faber
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: Mauve
Mauve: how one man invented a colour that changed the world
2001, Faber and Faber
in English
Cover of: Mauve
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World
April 2001, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: Mauve
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
September 2001, Diane Pub Co
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Mauve
Mauve: how one man invented a colour that changed the world
2000, Faber and Faber
in English

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First Sentence

"Despite his immense wealth, Sir William Perkin seldom travelled abroad."

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Library of Congress
TP 140 .P46 G37 2001, TP140.P46G37 2001

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7451075M
Internet Archive
mauvehowonemanin00garf
ISBN 10
0393020053
ISBN 13
9780393020052
LCCN
00069533
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106499
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1693243

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OL3125788W

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