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240 pages • digital • first pub 2000 • 10 editions
ISBN/UID: 9780571265466
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Edition Pub Date: 04 Sep 2000
Description
Perkin found mauve by chance, at the age of 18, working on a treatment for malaria. Instead of artificial quinine he produced a dark oily sludge that, much to his surprise, turned silk a beautiful light purple. The colour was unique. It not only s...
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240 pages • digital • 2000
ISBN/UID: 9780571265466
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Edition Pub Date: 04 Sep 2000
Description
Perkin found mauve by chance, at the age of 18, working on a treatment for malaria. Instead of artificial quinine he produced a dark oily sludge that, much to his surprise, turned silk a beautiful light purple. The colour was unique. It not only s...