Wolfgang Ostwald Quote

The only difference between elements and compounds consists in the supposed impossibility of proving the so-called elements to be compounds.


'Faraday Lecture: Elements and Compounds', Journal of the Chemical Society, 1904


The only difference between elements and compounds consists in the supposed impossibility of proving the so-called elements to be compounds.

The only difference between elements and compounds consists in the supposed impossibility of proving the so-called elements to be compounds.

The only difference between elements and compounds consists in the supposed impossibility of proving the so-called elements to be compounds.

The only difference between elements and compounds consists in the supposed impossibility of proving the so-called elements to be compounds.