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Perkin's Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry

Perkin's Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry

Sanna, Francesca
Brown, Tami Lewis
Dunn, Debbie Loren

Hardcover

BiographyConceptsScience & Nature

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 1368032842
ISBN13: 9781368032841
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Published: Oct 6 2020
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.60 Width: 8.30 Depth: 11.20
Language: English
The fascinating true story of groundbreaking chemist William Perkin, who used the scientific method to invent a new way for creating the color purple.
Many years ago, the color purple was available only to a privileged few. Making purple was tricky. The dye was concocted from a certain snail, and later, from plants, bugs, and rocks. Then it had to be soaked in minerals and . . . urine! The process was very complicated and expensive (not to mention smelly!).

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