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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

Back in the 1950s, scientists beganusing a chemical called ninhydrin to develop the amino...

Back in the 1950s, scientists began
using a chemical called ninhydrin to develop the amino acids
found in fingerprints

Full Transcript

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Back in the 1950s, scientists began using a chemical called ninhydrin
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to develop the amino acids found in fingerprints.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:05
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
8
Genres
Production
SkinnyDip Pictures,Northern Pictures

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The 8 part series reveals a raft of great Australian inventors who turned game-changing ideas into a reality and forever changed how we live.
S01 • E05 So when John Cade started introducing the lithium on its own, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
So when John Cade started introducing the lithium on its own...
S01 • E07 The fact that the voice recorders And at the end of the investigation, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
The fact that the voice recorders And at the end of the inve...
S01 • E03 Worsfold's Transporter featured thick Australian hardwood - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Worsfold's Transporter featured thick Australian hardwo...
S01 • E04 We have got the... the lowest level of rainfall - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
We have got the... the lowest level of rainfall
S01 • E06 Because he was such an impact on our own community. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Because he was such an impact on our own community.
S01 • E05 If he was going to do his experiments now, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:13
If he was going to do his experiments now,
S01 • E01 And, uh... ..the cash box was overflowing onto the floor and everything - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
And, uh... ..the cash box was overflowing onto the floor and...
S01 • E03 We work with the hardwoods that come out of buildings, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
We work with the hardwoods that come out of buildings,
S01 • E07 So the requirement in Australia - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
So the requirement in Australia
S01 • E06 MATT PARKINSON: His epitaph is "One man soweth, another man reapeth." - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
MATT PARKINSON: His epitaph is "One man soweth, another...
S01 • E04 So in terms of setting up an agricultural industry, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
So in terms of setting up an agricultural industry,
S01 • E08 Ninhydrin turned the prints purple - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
Ninhydrin turned the prints purple
S01 • E03 ..like, a 90-degree angle like that - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
..like, a 90-degree angle like that
S01 • E06 I feel maybe he was cool with that. It's a pun. But maybe he was. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
I feel maybe he was cool with that. It's a pun. But may...
S01 • E04 And between them, they come up with an innovation - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
And between them, they come up with an innovation
S01 • E08 Zinc chloride could make the prints turn orange - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
Zinc chloride could make the prints turn orange
S01 • E02 Some people, you know, would have said that - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Some people, you know, would have said that
S01 • E01 WOMAN: So, when Lance Hill comes along, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
WOMAN: So, when Lance Hill comes along,
S01 • E07 It had been nearly 10 years of hard slog - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
It had been nearly 10 years of hard slog
S01 • E05 After trying it on himself, in 1948, it was time for Cade - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
After trying it on himself, in 1948, it was time for Cade