Purple Born From Sludge
10:33–11:48 · 75s
Kassia St. Clair recounts how teen chemist William Perkin, seeking quinine, kept tinkering with a failed brown sludge until it unexpectedly turned into a vivid purple dye, kick-starting modern chemistry.
10:33–11:48 · 75s
Kassia St. Clair recounts how teen chemist William Perkin, seeking quinine, kept tinkering with a failed brown sludge until it unexpectedly turned into a vivid purple dye, kick-starting modern chemistry.
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