"Soon afterwards I studied the inversion of sugar……" — Wilhelm Ostwald
"Soon afterwards I studied the inversion of sugar in the light of these considerations and immediately found that this classical reaction, too, was determined quantitatively by the same property of the acids, as was of course to be expected from the previous results."
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Wilhelm Ostwald
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17 Quotes by Wilhelm Ostwald
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It has pleased no less than surprised me that of the many studies whereby I have sought to extend the…
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The individual organs follow the same pattern as the whole organism, i.e. they have their period of growth, of stationary,…
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My only supporter and comrade-in-arms was Georg Helm, who had endeavored to formulate an energetic conception of science before me…
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For, with pure water the inversion of cane sugar scarcely proceeds and subsequently it required very thorough, difficult studies before…
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In other words, the Church acknowledges Science as the higher authority.
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In specific circumstances the period of aging decline can set in earlier in a particular organ than in the organism…
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In the first quarter of the nineteenth century the experimental proof for the interdependence of the composition and properties of…
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Nowadays, however, we recognize that simultaneously with the typical case of a chemical reaction a typical case of catalytic effect…
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The development of a rational view of the nature of catalysis was thus absolutely dependent on the creation of the…
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The distinction between the old and the new formulations consisting in the incorporation of the concept of the rate of…
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The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e.g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a…
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We know from biology that new forms of organisms simulate their primitive form as closely as possible at first, even…
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