The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e. g. water, and hence its properties can … - Wilhelm Ostwald

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Wilhelm Ostwald

The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e. g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a change in composition was disposed of by the formal view that a physical, not a chemical, process was involved.

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