MARY PREVITEâS SPEECH AT THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE LIBERATION OF THE WEIHSIEN CONCENTRATION CAMP. August 17, 2005 Weifang, Shandong Province, China. Honorable Mayor Zhang Xinqi, honorable friends of Weifang, you have earned our deepest gratitude by inviting us here to celebrate this Day of Liberation.
TIL that in 1669, Hennig Brand discovered phosphorus by boiling down urine and heating the residue to very high temperatures. He was trying to make gold though, and he hoped that the yellow color of urine meant there was gold in it. (chemicool.com) submitted 4 years ago by virnovus 8. 89 comments; share; save
Erwin Chargaff. Erwin Chargaff was working at Columbia University in New York in the 1940s when he read Oswald Avery's research about DNA being the hereditary material. From that moment in 1944 he devoted his research to working out the chemical composition of DNA.rwin Chargaff. Erwin Chargaff was working at Columbia University in New York in the 1940s when he read Oswald Avery's research about DNA being the hereditary material. From that moment in 1944 he devoted his research to working out the chemical composition of DNA.