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Inventions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Historically important patents collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-533
Scope and content

The Historically Important Patents Collection is housed in three folders organized by owner of the patent. The first folder contains patents awarded to Thomas Edison, from 1898-1921. The second folder contains patents from 1909-1915 awarded to Leo Baekland, Fritz Haber, Robert Le Rossignol, Carl Bosch, Alwin Mittasch, Hans Wolf, Frans Lappe, and Wilhelm Wild. The third folder contains patents dated from 1869-1925 awarded to various scientists.

Dates: 1869-1927

William Henry Perkin Mauveine Patent Specification

 Collection
Identifier: 2024-518
Abstract

Copy of William Henry Perkin's British patent specification for mauveine, the world's first synthetic dye.

Dates: 1857