“Since hydrogen is a constituent of most of our electrolytic solvents, the definition of an acid or base as a substance which gives up or takes up hydrogen ion would be more general than the one we used before, but it would not be universal.” GivingWould BeUsedGiving UpUniversalDefinitionsSubstanceAcidConstituentsHydrogenIons Author:Gilbert N. Lewis
“I take it that a monograph of this sort belongs to the ephemera literature of science. The studied care which is warranted in the treatment of the more slowly moving branches of science would be out of place here. Rather with the pen of a journalist we must attempt to record a momentary phase of current thought, which may at any instant change with kaleidoscopic abruptness.” ThinkingMayWould BeCareMovingScienceLiteratureRecordsCurrentsJournalistInstantBranchesTreatmentPensPhasesMomentaryEphemera Author:Gilbert N. Lewis
