Fiona Pepper

We know a lot more about him than Nathan Mnookin.

And he is interesting.

He was a doctor.

He worked in the US Army.

He then segued to chemistry and he clearly had more of an interest in chemistry than in medicine.

And he liked to come up with things in his lab.

Okay.

So in the 1920s, automobile ownership was expanding.

Everyone wanted a car and people needed antifreeze fluids.

They were in demand.

We wanted to come up with inexpensive antifreeze products.

So that's what Nathan and Joseph were working away at in their lab, or at least attempting to.

So-

Apparently it's close to midnight.

The pair have come back into their lab and they're inspecting this chemical compound that they'd been mucking around with earlier in that day.

And so when they come into their lab, they expect to find a clear liquid.

But instead what they find, it's this sort of

A black strap of molasses, kind of like licorice, I suppose.

And they're surprised by what they find.

The next day, they come back to the lab in the morning.