10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TYRIAN-PURPLE»
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The most beautiful dye-stufi'of antiquity was Tyrian purple, so called from the
place of its discovery and chief manufacture. I should rather have said, perhaps,
place of reputed discovery, for its records are not reliable. The Greeks were by far
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Abel Stevens, James Floy, 1858
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General Chemistry, Enhanced Edition
FIGURE 1.2 △ Molecular models of Tyrian purple and aniline Tyrian purple (top)
is a dye that was obtained by the early Phoenicians from a species of sea snail.
The dye was eventually synthesized from aniline (bottom). Liquid crystals and ...
Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon, 2010
3
Small Organic Molecules on Surfaces: Fundamentals and ...
Table 12.3 The HOMO and LUMO levels of indigo and tyrian purple estimated
from cyclic voltammetry and optical absorption Material HOMO LUMO E g (CV) E
g (optical) Mobility (eV) (eV) Indigo —5.5 —3.8 1.7 1.7 [1.6 :1 X 10'2 in, I 1 X 10*2
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Helmut Sitter, Claudia Draxl, Michael Ramsey, 2013
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Elephant's Breath and London Smoke
U Bleaching, Dyeing, and Calico PrintingU, 1884 Tyrian purple, 1791 – The
colouring liquor for purple is found in the throat of the fifh {fish}, in each of which
was contained only a single drop; ...in fine, by different combinations of the above
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The use of Tyrian purple diminished greatly with the fall of Constantinople in
1453. It was replaced by purple dyes that were easier and cheaper to make, like
those made from lichens and madder, a Mexican cactus. Discovering Bromine ...
“Tyrian purple,” he said again. “That's what you are.” “Tyrian?” I turned to face him
. “When I was seven years old, my science teacher, who'd been tryingto
teachusabout thefive senses, brought inthis cloth his grandfather passed down to
him.
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Light:Its Interaction with Art and Antiquities
A few of the most important dyes in each of these classes will be mentioned.
Some of the dyes of animal origin are Tyrian Purple, kermes, cochineal, stick lac,
and sepia. Tyrian Purple is also called Royal Blue because its price was so high
that ...
8
The World of Roman Costume
As P. Lentulus Spinther first used this double-dyed Tyrian purple in his toga prae-
texta when curule aedile, its introduction can be dated to 63 B.C. Purpura
dibapha Tyria (twice-dyed Tyrian purple) was made by dipping wool first into a
bath of ...
Judith Lynn Sebesta, Larissa Bonfante, 2001
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The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing: Traditional Recipes for ...
30), mentions that some excellent examples of cloth dyed with Tyrian purple from
the Egyptian tombs reside in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1971, another
German chemist, Helmut Schweppe, worked with both synthetic and natural ...
10
Microscale Organic Laboratory: with Multistep and Multiscale ...
Against Hofmann's wishes, Perkin withdrew from college, designed a factory, and
started commercial production of this dye, which was marketed as Perkin's Tyrian
Purple. The name Tyrian Purple was originally used for a prized purple dye ...
Dana W. Mayo, Ronald M. Pike, David C. Forbes, 2010
