Abstract
THE molecule, originally conceived as the basis of chemistry, and apparently firmly established as the foundation of the kinetic theory, was at the end of last century no longer the centre of progress. When, therefore, W. Ostwald suggested that it no longer played an essential part in chemical theory, he found many German chemists ready to deny its existence. About this time Prof. Svedberg began the experimental researches which are described in this book. It is therefore not surprising that he takes the proof of the reality of molecules as the central idea, to which all his experimental work is referred.
Die Existenz der Molkule. Experimentelle Studien.
By Prof. The Svedberg. Pp. viii + 243 + iv plates. (Leipzig: Akademische Ver-lagsgesellschaft m.b.H., 1912.) Price 12 marks.
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M., H. Die Existenz der Molkule Experimentelle Studien . Nature 92, 367–368 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/092367b0
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