#chemistry

Stories tagged “chemistry” in the Weird Science History archive — 6 stories connected by this topic.

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

Related topics: #accidental discovery #1800s #artificial sweeteners #aspartame #Charles Dickens #Charles Goodyear #dupont #fda