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LEADER: 02680cam 2200565 i 4500
001 ocn951750436
003 OCoLC
005 20220609121139.0
008 160615r20022000nyua b 001 0beng d
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035 $a(OCoLC)951750436
043 $ae-uk---$ae-uk-en
050 14 $aTP140.P46$bG37 2002
082 04 $a667/.257$221
100 1 $aGarfield, Simon,$eauthor.
245 10 $aMauve :$bhow one man invented a color that changed the world /$cSimon Garfield.
250 $a[Norton paperback edition].
264 1 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Company,$c[2002]
264 4 $c©2000
300 $a224 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.
500 $aOriginally published in 2000 by Faber and Faber Limited, London.
505 00 $tThe celebrity --$tNot the land of science --$tFloating in the air --$tThe recipe --$tHindrance and synthesis --$tMauve measles --$tThe terrible glare --$tMadder --$tPoisoning the clientele --$tRed letter days --$tSelf-destruction --$tThe new eventuality --$tPhysical acts --$tFingerprints.
520 $aThe story of how a British chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered an oily sludge that turned silk a light purple. His discovery revolutionized Victorian fashion and sparked a great surge in the industrial applications of chemistry.
600 10 $aPerkin, William Henry,$cSir,$d1838-1907.
650 0 $aMauve.
650 0 $aDye industry$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aChemists$zEngland$vBiography.
650 7 $aART$xColor Theory.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY$xScience & Technology.$2bisacsh
600 17 $aPerkin, William Henry,$cSir,$d1838-1907.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00123570
650 7 $aChemists.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00853570
650 7 $aDye industry.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00900216
650 7 $aMauve.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01012579
651 7 $aEngland.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01219920
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650 7 $aMauve.$2nli
650 7 $aDye industry$zGreat Britain.$2nli
650 7 $aChemists$zEngland$vBiography.$2nli
655 7 $aBiographies.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919896
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948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN IME - 20 OTHER HOLDINGS