Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald (commonly just Wilhelm Ostwald) (September 2, 1853 - April 4, 1932) was a German chemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities. Wikipedia
Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) German chemist who almost single-handedly organized physical chemistry into a nearly independent branch of chemistry. www.nobel-winners.com/Chemistry/friedrich_wilhelm_ostwald...
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Landolt, Ostwald and Seubert issued an invitation on 30 March 1899 to other organizations having an interest in chemistry to appoint delegates to the international body. www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2004/2601/1_holden.html#45
That statement is a further general law, i.e. one of catalytic effect; yet in his paper Wilhelmy did not use or mention that concept at all but left the chemical aspect of the matter unsaid. www.angelfire.com/ms3/my-page/www/ostwald-lecture.html