Colour from Britain : Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd : Dyestuffs Division, Manchester, England : Kynoch Press : 1949 : Monastral Blue plant and Formaldehyde manufacture
A lavishly illustrated book "Colour from Britain" that appears to have been issued for circulation in the Indian market. It describes India's place in dyestuff history, the current use of dyes and the British company's market on the sub-continent. The book also describes in some details of the Dyestuffs Division's works and production processes based at the three main sites of Blackley in Manchester, Huddersfield and Grangemouth in Scotland.
There are many fine colour plates and these are by Gordon Nicholl R.I., F.R.S.A. The book is printed at ICI's own in-house printers and publishers, the acclaimed Kynoch Press in Birmingham. These two plate show the manufacturing of the "Monastral Blue", one of ICI's then relatively new colours that had useful fastness to light and resistance to exposure as well as the manufactuing of formaldehyde, one of the base materials.
Colour from Britain : Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd : Dyestuffs Division, Manchester, England : Kynoch Press : 1949 : Monastral Blue plant and Formaldehyde manufacture
A lavishly illustrated book "Colour from Britain" that appears to have been issued for circulation in the Indian market. It describes India's place in dyestuff history, the current use of dyes and the British company's market on the sub-continent. The book also describes in some details of the Dyestuffs Division's works and production processes based at the three main sites of Blackley in Manchester, Huddersfield and Grangemouth in Scotland.
There are many fine colour plates and these are by Gordon Nicholl R.I., F.R.S.A. The book is printed at ICI's own in-house printers and publishers, the acclaimed Kynoch Press in Birmingham. These two plate show the manufacturing of the "Monastral Blue", one of ICI's then relatively new colours that had useful fastness to light and resistance to exposure as well as the manufactuing of formaldehyde, one of the base materials.