#history of chemistry

Stories tagged “history of chemistry” in the Weird Science History archive — 8 stories connected by this topic.

• From a Barrel That Exploded on Purpose to the Red Can on Your Wall: A Short History of the Fire Extinguisher
• From Matches You Lit With Your Teeth to the Safety Match: A Short History of the Match
• The Chemist Who Got Parliament to Make Gold-Making Legal Again
• The Obituary That Supposedly Created the Nobel Prize — and That Nobody Has Ever Found
• The Billiard Ball Prize That Invented Plastic
• The Chemist Who Forgot to Wash His Hands and Discovered Saccharin
• The Secret Rubber Substitute That Became Silly Putty
• The Teenager Who Tried to Make Malaria Medicine and Accidentally Invented Purple

Related topics: #accidental discovery #everyday objects #artificial sweeteners #chemistry #Nobel Prize #World War II