SYMHC Classics: Hennig Brand
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SYMHC Classics: Hennig Brand

2026-01-30

This 2019 episode shares how Hennig Brand discovered phosphorous by boiling pee. But he was really thought the secret to the philosopher’s stone might be found in urine.

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