M. M. Pattison Muir Quote

Pure water is never found in nature: one may even say that no man has ever seen or handled absolutely pure water; it is an ideal substance, to which some specimens of highly purified water have nearly approached.


The Story of the Chemical Elements, Chapter III (p. 39), George Newness. 1901


Pure water is never found in nature: one may even say that no man has ever seen or handled absolutely pure water; it is an ideal substance, to which...

Pure water is never found in nature: one may even say that no man has ever seen or handled absolutely pure water; it is an ideal substance, to which...

Pure water is never found in nature: one may even say that no man has ever seen or handled absolutely pure water; it is an ideal substance, to which...

Pure water is never found in nature: one may even say that no man has ever seen or handled absolutely pure water; it is an ideal substance, to which...