Ostwald
Wil·helm [vil-helm], /ˈvɪl hɛlm/, 1853–1932, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1909.
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According to modern ideas, no true miscibility exists, but a suspension or emulsion is formed (see Ostwald, p. 237).
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius StieglitzOstwald's Kolloidchemie, 1909, and the references given by Noyes, loc.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius StieglitzHaeckel, Ostwald, and Mach have each given the world a constructive system of thought.
An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy | W. Tudor JonesIt has been stated by Professor Ostwald that tubes when reared up on end tend to bend permanently.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallBut Ostwald would deprive substance of the attribute of matter altogether, and boasts of his Refutation of Materialism .
The Wonders of Life | Ernst Haeckel
British Dictionary definitions for Ostwald
/ (German ˈɔstvalt) /
Wilhelm (ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1853–1932, German chemist, noted for his pioneering work in catalysis. He also invented a process for making nitric acid from ammonia and developed a new theory of colour: Nobel prize for chemistry 1909
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