User Guide Series: Homer and Jean Blair Collection of United States Patent Models
Dye-Stuff
27.
Dye-Stuff, U. S. Patent 251,163, December 20, 1881, Henrich Baum, Horchst-on-the-Main,
Germany, Assignor to Farbwerke, Vormals (formerly) Meister Lucius &
Bruning.
This
invention is the first synthetic deep scarlet red dyestuff, particularly
useful in dying wool. It replaced the natural red dye, Cochenille*,
and was widely used.
The model is contained in a corked glass bottle 1" x 1-1/2".
The bottle is in excellent condition. Two Patent Office tags remain.
The assignee is now the giant German firm of Farbwerke Hoechst.
Hoechst-Celanese is the U. S. subsidiary.
*Cochenille was obtained from female lice living on a thistle growing
in the Orient and Central America. Nearly 140,000 lice were required
for 1 kg. of dyestuff.
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