'Introduction of chlorine bleaching' in A E Musson & E Robinson, Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution
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- Author(s) Musson, A E
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1969
- Pages pp251-337
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Place Published Manchester
Topics:
- Name Innovation, diffusion & invention, inc technology & products
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Provides a detailed account of how chlorine bleaching was invented, developed and applied in textile finishing - 'it has been possible to formulate a much fuller, more accurate, and more revealing account of how this revolution in bleaching was brought about. And undoubtedly the most interesting feature which emerges ... is the close relationship between science and technology, between scientists and industrialists, in achieving this breakthrough'