homberg's phosphorus

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Definition von homberg's phosphorus im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating calcium chloride

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.

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homberg's Phos·pho·rus