Abstract
One of the peculiarities of the development of science was that the law of mass action was at first established as the kinetic law of mass action. In fact, chemists were anxious to find some parameter that would characterise the ability of compounds to react and form the required products. The reaction rates seemed to provide such a parameter but it was not that simple. The history of chemical discoveries that led to the formulation of the law of mass action is very important for an understanding of the contemporary interpretation of this rule. Glasstone [1], after mentioning the names of Albertus Magnus, Boyle, Newton and other precursors, described it as follows (italics are ours).
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