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IT seems that, unfortunately, the period of misconceptions, whose victim the theory of solutions is, has not yet ended. For, after an explanation from my side of the theory of solutions as I understand it, Mr. J. W. Rodger, my critic, asserts (NATURE, p. 342) that “it cannot be admitted that a number of exact relationships constitutes a theory.” From his further remarks, it must be concluded that he designates by the name theory what I would name a hypothesis, and that, according to him, van't Hoff' application of the “gaseous laws” to solutions involves the hypothesis that there exists no interaction between the solvent and the dissolved substance.
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OSTWALD, W. The Theory of Solutions. Nature 45, 415 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/045415a0
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