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> [There is one experiment which I always like to try, because it proves something whichever way it goes. A solution of iodine in water is shaken with bone-black, filtered and tested with starch paste. If the colorless solution does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilder-dwight-bancroft/there-is-one-experiment-which-i-always-like-to-try-because-it-proves/)

Wilder Dwight Bancroft

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## More by Wilder Dwight Bancroft

> [Ostwald was a great protagonist and an inspiring teacher. He had the gift of saying the right thing in the right way. When we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilder-dwight-bancroft/ostwald-was-a-great-protagonist-and-an-inspiring-teacher-he-had-the/)

Wilder Dwight Bancroft

> [We can distinguish three groups of scientific men. In the first and very small group we have the men who discover fundamental relations. Among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilder-dwight-bancroft/we-can-distinguish-three-groups-of-scientific-men-in-the-first-and/)

Wilder Dwight Bancroft

> [There is one experiment which I always like to try, because it proves something whichever way it goes. A solution of iodine in water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilder-dwight-bancroft/there-is-one-experiment-which-i-always-like-to-try-because-it-proves/)

Wilder Dwight Bancroft

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