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Magenta

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

a town of Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Milan, 16 m. by rail W. of Milan city, 364 ft. about sea-level situated in the midst of rice-fields. Pop. (1901), 8012. It manufactures silks and matches, and is famous for the battle (1859) in which the allied French and Piedmontese defeated the Austrians (see ITALIAN WARS). A memorial chapel and a monument were erected on the battle-field in 1862. A crimsonpurple aniline dye, discovered about the time of the battle, was given from it the name of "magenta,"

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Magenta'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/magenta.html. 1910.