#chemistry

Stories tagged “chemistry” in the Weird Science History archive — 5 stories connected by this topic.

• Spontaneous Human Combustion: The Myth That Refused to Burn Out
• The Oil-Well Gunk Drillers Hated That Became Vaseline
• The Hot Stove Accident That Invented Modern Rubber
• The Blank Squares That Predicted Three Undiscovered Elements
• The Cylinder That Weighed Too Much and Became Teflon

Related topics: #accidental discovery #1800s #Charles Dickens #Charles Goodyear #dupont #forensic science #gallium #history of science