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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William Henry Perkin
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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 July 2025
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Date: 31st December 1857
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0015
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Archived papers: volume 38, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1855-1856
1855-1856 Reference number: AP/38
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