In 1826 German chemist Otto Unverdorben heated a sample of indigo figuring that “destructive distillation” would break it down into fragments that would offer a clue to the dye’s chemical makeup.
Excerpted from Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation, by Dan Fagin. Copyright © March 19, 2013, Bantam Books. The very big idea that would transform Toms ...
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