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Taking the P* * * Out of London

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

f Adam Hart-Davis charts the uses of human urine through history, finding out how the Romans used it to harden leather and whiten theirteeth, and why thousands of gallons of urine were shipped from London to fuel the alum industry on the North
Yorkshire coast in the 18th century, producer John Byrne Peeing for a dye: page 109

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Adam Hart-Davis
Producer:
John Byrne
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