The year was 1879. A chemist was trying to do something new and interesting with coal tar in his lab. After a productive day at the lab, he went home and something strange happened.
He noticed the breads he was eating tasted particularly sweet. He asked his wife if she had done anything interesting to the breads, but she hadn't. They tasted normal to her. Fahlberg realized the taste must have been coming from his hands -- which he forgot to wash. The next day he went back to the lab and started tasting his work until he found the sweet spot. Thus, none other than Constantin Fahlberg invented saccharin , an artificial sweetener which we all appriciate while eating....
He noticed the breads he was eating tasted particularly sweet. He asked his wife if she had done anything interesting to the breads, but she hadn't. They tasted normal to her. Fahlberg realized the taste must have been coming from his hands -- which he forgot to wash. The next day he went back to the lab and started tasting his work until he found the sweet spot. Thus, none other than Constantin Fahlberg invented saccharin , an artificial sweetener which we all appriciate while eating....
No comments:
Post a Comment