Tours | Categories (New, Hot) | Map
Alcohol - Ancient - Animal - Architecture - Art - Aviation - Boxing - Celebrity - Charity - Children - Church - Cinema - Comedy - Crime - Dance - Death - Disaster - Drugs - Fashion - Food - Gambling - Ghost - Grave - Health - Historical - Industry - Justice - LGBT - Literary - Look Up - Medical - Military - Motoring - Murder - Museum - Music - Nature - Naval - Paranormal - Pioneer - Poetry - Police - Politics - Pub - Public Amenities - Quirky - Religion - Retail - Ripper - River - Royalty - Science - Sculpture - Sex - Signs - Society - Sport - Subterranean - Technology - Theatre - Train - Transport - Tube - TV - Weather -
Contact Us
IN THE NEWS
TOUR OF THE MONTH
ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
20th July 1982 Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks
20th July 1982 T Macauly and D Vosburghs musical Windy City, premieres in London
20th July 1960 Born today: Katie Rabbet, London England, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend
20th July 1956 Born today: Paul Cook, London, rock drummer (Sex Pistols)
20th July 1944 Pierre Vinot, French ambassador to London/writer, dies
20th July 1935 Born today: Ted Rogers, Kennington London, comedian (Aladdin, Cinderella)
20th July 1930 Born today: Sally Ann Howes, London England, actress (Dead of Night)
Colour Mauve invented here
The inventor of key Mauve dye worked on the top floor here.
Location: 290 Cable Street, London
Description: Here on the wall of Gosling House at the junction of Cable Street and King David Lane is a plaque celebrating the man who invented the colour Mauve. ish.
William (Henry) Perkin (1838-1907) lived here and a young student of chemistry. At the age of 17, he was trying to make quinine synthetically to be used as a cure for malaria in the laboratory on the top floor of his home here. One of his unsuccessful attempts produced a brilliant mauve liquid dye.
Spotting this potential, he discovered other colours and went on to manufacture them on a large scale. He therefore started the modern chemical industry of producing synthetic dyes.
It is thought that his mauveine was used in the printing of the penny lilac stamp of Queen Victoria.
The plaque is blue not mauve sadly.
Tagged in this Tour: The London Inventions Tour
Industry
Pioneer
Ranking This Month: 381/2776
Pages Hit This Month: 60
Link to This Page: http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location/631
Credits: http://exploringeastlondon.co.uk
|
The inventor of key Mauve dye worked on the top floor here. |
The Shady Old Lady points out that you can drag this map using mouse. Or visit our full massive map.
Huggins' Observatory», 5.2km
World's 1st Business Computer», 6.9km
Bouncing Bomb inventor's house», 2.5km
Biker Denis Johnson worked here», 2.9km
The Royal Observatory», 3.2km
Charles Babbage was born here», 2.3km
Balloonist Gleisher lived here», 3.3km
Charles Darwin lived here», 3.5km
Advancing Geography», 5.2km
Joseph Priestley lived here», 2.8km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
