#coal tar

Stories tagged “coal tar” in the Weird Science History archive — 2 stories connected by this topic.

• The Teenager Who Tried to Make Malaria Medicine and Accidentally Invented Purple
• The Chemist Who Forgot to Wash His Hands and Discovered Saccharin

Related topics: #accidental discovery #history of chemistry #aniline #artificial sweetener #Constantin Fahlberg #Ira Remsen #Johns Hopkins #mauveine