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    Mauveine, also known as aniline purple and Perkin's mauve, was one of the first synthetic dyes. It was discovered serendipitously by William Henry Perkin...
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    serendipitous discovery of the first commercial synthetic organic dye, mauveine, made from aniline. Though he failed in trying to synthesise quinine for...
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    As mauveine faded easily, our contemporary understanding of mauve is as a lighter, less saturated color than it was originally known. "Mauveine" was...
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    four major compounds, mauveine A, mauveine B, mauveine C, and mauveine B2, although there were other mauvine and pseudo mauveines in the dye product. Natural...
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    after it was marketed in 1859. It is now usually called Perkin's mauve, mauveine, or aniline purple. Earlier references to a mauve dye in 1856–1858 referred...
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    scale was mauveine, which was obtained by Sir William Henry Perkin by heating crude aniline with potassium dichromate and sulfuric acid. Mauveine was converted...
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    storax. In 1856, William Henry Perkin discovered the first synthetic dye, Mauveine. In 1888, Friedrich Reinitzer, an Austrian plant scientist observed cholesteryl...
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    produced instead the first synthetic aniline dye, a purple shade called mauveine, shortened simply to mauve. It took its name from the mallow flower, which...
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    pigment most commonly used today by artists, along with manganese violet. Mauveine, also known as aniline purple and Perkin's mauve, was the first synthetic...
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  • William Perkin, a pioneer of the chemical industry and discoverer of the dye mauveine, whose factory was nearby. The school has a mauve school uniform as a tribute...
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    William Henry Perkin, discoverer of the first synthetic organic chemical dye mauveine; Sir Edward Frankland, originator of the theory of chemical valency; Sir...
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    mid-nineteenth century, which began with the invention by William Perkin of mauveine in 1856, which was the first synthetic aniline dye. The enormous commercial...
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    mauveine. Mauveine quickly became a commercial dye. Other synthetic dyes followed, such as fuchsin, safranin, and induline. At the time of mauveine's...
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    of the alkaloid from natural sources. The first synthetic organic dye, mauveine, was discovered by William Henry Perkin in 1856 while he was attempting...
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    half of the 19th century. A demand for new dyes followed the discovery of mauveine in 1856, and its popularity in fashion. Researchers continued to explore...
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  • compression in Geelong, Australia. 1856: William Henry Perkin invents mauveine, the first synthetic dye. 1857: Heinrich Geissler invents the Geissler...
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    volatile substances, specifically bromine. William Perkin, the inventor of mauveine, filed a patent in June 1869 for a new way to produce alizarin without...
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    former visit. During his time in England he improved the extraction of Mauveine from the residues of the synthesis and developed a synthesis for aniline...
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    awarded in 1906 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of mauveine, the world's first synthetic aniline dye, by Sir William Henry Perkin,...
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    dioxide, or from inexpensive synthetic blue dyes. The discovery in 1856 of mauveine, the first aniline dyes, was a forerunner for the development of hundreds...
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    up production of the new "mauveine", and commercialized it as the world's first synthetic dye. After the discovery of mauveine, many new aniline dyes appeared...
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    dye was discovered in March 1856. Perkin called his amazing discovery 'mauveine'. Today there is a blue plaque marking the spot in Oldfield Lane North...
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    discovered serendipitously by William Henry Perkin in 1856. The discovery of mauveine started a surge in synthetic dyes and in organic chemistry in general....
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    College of Chemistry in London, when he discovered the first aniline dye, mauveine. The discovery led to the creation of a wide range of artificially created...
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    fatally, directly as a result of eating adulterated lozenges. In 1856, mauveine, the first synthetic color, was developed by Sir William Henry Perkin and...
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  • other toluidines sets him on the path to discover mauveine. The commercial importance of mauveine eventually lead to the birth of the chemical industry...
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    discovered in the mid-19th century, starting with William Henry Perkin's mauveine in 1856, an aniline dye derived from coal tar. Alizarin, the red dye present...
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    Rib (stocking manufacture) – Jedediah Strutt Flying shuttle – John Kay Mauveine, the first synthetic organic dye – William Henry Perkin Power loom – Edmund...
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    caused by advances in chemistry. The synthesis of aniline was used to make mauveine (aniline purple) dye, and the synthesis of quinine was used to make indigo...
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  • (web) Lilac Magenta Majorelle Blue Mardi Gras Mauve                     Mauveine Maximum Blue Purple Maximum Red Purple Medium purple Medium slate blue...
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