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.
-- Gilbert Newton Lewis
   
Gilbert Newton Lewis   Name:
Gilbert Newton Lewis
Type:
Scientist
Nationality:
American
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