Offbeat History: Hennig Brand and the Discovery of Phosphorus


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Mar 19 2020 34 mins   2.3k
It's a 2019 show about urine! Spoiler alert: Hennig Brand discovered phosphorous by boiling pee. But he was trying to do something else: He thought the secret to the philosopher’s stone might be found in urine. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers