#chemistry

Stories tagged “chemistry” in the Weird Science History archive — 12 stories connected by this topic.

• The Chemist Who Got Parliament to Make Gold-Making Legal Again
• The Minister Who Sold Gold From Seawater — With a Diver Hiding Under the Wharf
• The Rust Spray Named After the 39 Times It Didn't Work
• The Sweetener Discovered Because a Student Heard 'Test' as 'Taste'
• The Ulcer Experiment That Splashed Out of Its Flask and Became Diet Soda
• The Molecule So Foul a Waitress Sprayed Deodorant at the Chemists Who Made It
• The Wallpaper Cleaner Nobody Needed Anymore That Became Play-Doh
• The Oil-Well Gunk Drillers Hated That Became Vaseline
• The Blank Squares That Predicted Three Undiscovered Elements
• The Cylinder That Weighed Too Much and Became Teflon
• The Hot Stove Accident That Invented Modern Rubber
• Spontaneous Human Combustion: The Myth That Refused to Burn Out

Related topics: #accidental discovery #artificial sweeteners #invention #FDA #history of chemistry #history of science #hoaxes #Manhattan Project