 John Mercer, English dye chemist, 1856.
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Picture number:10405799
Credit:Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
Caption:
Oil on canvas portrait of by Alexander Craig, showing Lancashire-born chemist John Mercer (1791-1866). Mercer was responsible for discovering and improving the quality of a number of dyes, but is best remembered for inventing a process which gives cotton a lustre resembling silk - a process known as 'mercerisation'.
Artist: Craig, Alexander
Artist: Craig, Alexander, -1878
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In Collection of: Science & Society Picture Library
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