Invention Timeline - Adolf Von Baeyer, German Chemist; Discovered Coraleine, Eosine, and Indol, the Base of Indigo
b. October 31, 1835 and d. ?
German chemist. He has acquired fame by his work in organic chemistry, above all by his researches on the action of the aldehydes, which led him to the discovery of a green coloring matter, coraleine; a red coloring matter, eosine, and to the discovery of indol, the base of indigo.
Then first carnations learn’d to speak,
And lilies unto life were brought;
While, mantling on the maiden’s cheek,
Young roses kindled into thought.
Then hyacinths their darkest dyes
Upon the locks of Beauty threw;
And violets, transform’d to eyes,
Inshrin’d a soul within their blue.
—Thomas Moore
925—The first dyers’ guild was established.
1581—The indigo used in Europe first came from the East Indies. It was first mentioned in English statutes, and was first procured in Mexico.
1681—Nitric ether was discovered by Kunkel.
1747—The cultivation of indigo was begun in Carolina.
1756—The secret of making India ink was brought to Goettingen by a Dutch supercargo.
1786—Oxymuriatic was first used as a black agency.
Dihl discovered a means of preserving the colors painted on glass.
