Homberg's phosphorus
English
Etymology
Named after its discoverer, the German chemist Wilhelm Homberg.
Noun
Homberg's phosphorus (uncountable)
- (obsolete, inorganic chemistry) A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating calcium chloride.
- 1829 Thomas Curtis - The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical...
- and Homberg found, that if it (muriate of lime) was urged by a violent heat till it condensed, on cooling, into a vitreous mass, it emitted a phosphoric light upon being struck by any hard body, in which state it was called Homberg's phosphorus
- 1829 Thomas Curtis - The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical...