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Paper, 'On some new colouring matters' by Arthur H [Herbert] Church and William H [Henry] Perkin

Reference number: AP/38/11

Date: 1856

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Church and Perkin share details of a new substance they have named 'nitrosophenyline', which they observe produces a crimson colour.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 5 February 1836.

This paper was published in full in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On some new colouring matters'.

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AP/38/11
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1856
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry Perkin

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Arthur Herbert Church

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William Henry Perkin, Arthur Herbert Church, Paper, 'On some new colouring matters' by Arthur H [Herbert] Church and William H [Henry] Perkin, 1856, AP/38/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_38_11/paper-on-some-new-colouring-matters-by-arthur-h-herbert-church-and-william-h-henry-perkin, accessed on 13 September 2024

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