Ashlyn Mundy

Mining for Saccharine

Illustration
2020
In 1879, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University named Constantine Fahlberg was trying to find a new use for coal tar. One day after eating one of his wife’s biscuits after work he noticed that they tasted sweeter than usual; he realized that he had forgotten to wash his hands before leaving work and that the chemical, which turned out to be saccharine, on his hand was causing the sweet taste.

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Mining for Saccharine
Mining for Saccharine

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Ashlyn Mundy

Illustration

“My illustration thesis titled "Accidents Waiting to be Discovered" depicts the historical events of inventions that were discovered by mistake, and how they differed from the intended product....” [More]