Friedrich Wöhler

What the film says

• Made urea in a flask from simple salts, without a kidney, in 1828.

  Watch 22:29 in the film V. What the Water Knew

• Announced it to Berzelius in a letter, quoted in the film's own translation.

  Watch 22:51 in the film V. What the Water Knew

On the timeline

• 1828: Friedrich Wöhler reports the artificial formation of urea from cyanate and ammonia. timeline
• 1828: Wöhler writes to Berzelius that he can make urea without kidneys. timeline

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