William Henry Perkin - IELTS reading practice test
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the new dye had commercial possibilities.
hionable ladies in that country. Not to be outdone, England’s Que
erkin made the scientific breakthrough that would bring him both fame and fortune.
Perkin quickly grasped that his purple solution could be used to colour fabric, thus making it the world’s first synthetic dye.
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