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Strangest Things

Many of us thinkof alchemists as people who try to turnlead into gold, but actually, they...

[Ruth] Many of us think
of alchemists as people who try to turn
lead into gold, but actually, they were
much more interested in finding something called
the philosopher's stone

Full Transcript

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[Ruth] Many of us think of alchemists
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as people who try to turn lead into gold,
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but actually, they were much more interested
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in finding something called the philosopher's stone.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:33
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
7
Genres
documentary
Production
A+E Networks,Blink Films

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Movie Summary

From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.
S01 • E02 In fact, they were so much used, - Strangest Things 00:07
In fact, they were so much used,
S01 • E09 [Ball] He'd set it up to carry out what we now call an algorithm. - Strangest Things 00:05
[Ball] He'd set it up to carry out what we now call an ...
S01 • E01 We got single cotton ceiling with just two tiny leaves. - Strangest Things 00:05
We got single cotton ceiling with just two tiny leaves.
S01 • E03 It's exactly the same mechanism still found in handcuffs. - Strangest Things 00:05
It's exactly the same mechanism still found in handcuff...
S01 • E05 [Corey] The Geomancy machine - Strangest Things 00:04
[Corey] The Geomancy machine
S01 • E09 So a set of steps, um, that will automatically then give you your result. - Strangest Things 00:07
So a set of steps, um, that will automatically then give you...
S01 • E04 [Daniel] Because they're metal particles, - Strangest Things 00:06
[Daniel] Because they're metal particles,
S01 • E01 [narrator] The Drees Moon rock was once a plant, - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] The Drees Moon rock was once a plant,
S01 • E05 It's just a fancy upgrade - Strangest Things 00:07
It's just a fancy upgrade
S01 • E10 Enter john Ambrose Fleming, a scientist working for Marconi - Strangest Things 00:05
Enter john Ambrose Fleming, a scientist working for Marconi
S01 • E07 And what they meant by that, - Strangest Things 00:09
And what they meant by that,
S01 • E03 In the iron hand, each finger contains three of these mechanisms - Strangest Things 00:09
In the iron hand, each finger contains three of these mechan...
S01 • E06 The answer to this mystery begins - Strangest Things 00:06
The answer to this mystery begins
S01 • E02 [narrator] According to Merryweather, inspiration for his prognosticator - Strangest Things 00:10
[narrator] According to Merryweather, inspiration for his pr...
S01 • E04 And when the photon hits the cloud of electrons, - Strangest Things 00:10
And when the photon hits the cloud of electrons,
S01 • E08 So, Harrison has a brilliant idea, which might seem slightly counterintuitive. - Strangest Things 00:06
So, Harrison has a brilliant idea, which might seem slightly...
S01 • E09 [narrator] But in an era long before electronics, - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] But in an era long before electronics,
S01 • E05 Not that it matters because it's how you interpret - Strangest Things 00:06
Not that it matters because it's how you interpret
S01 • E08 He puts what are essentially two pendulums on the clock - Strangest Things 00:08
He puts what are essentially two pendulums on the clock
S01 • E07 So in searching for this philosopher's stone, - Strangest Things 00:08
So in searching for this philosopher's stone,