Full Idea
Three forms of dispositionality are illustrated by explosives (which are destroyed by manifestation), being soluble (where the dispositions is lost but recoverable), and being stable (where the disposition is unchanged).
Gist of Idea
Dispositions in action can be destroyed, be recovered, or remain unchanged
Source
C.B. Martin (The Mind in Nature [2008], 02.7)
Book Reference
Martin,C.B.: 'The Mind in Nature' [OUP 2008], p.20
A Reaction
[compressed] Presumably the explosives could be recovered after the explosion, since the original elements are still there, but it would take a while. The retina remains stable by continually changing. There are no simple distinctions!