KARL See also:

• RUDOLPH
• RUDOLPH (d. 1o8o)
• RUDOLPH, or RAOUL

RUDOLPH See also:

• KARL RUDOLPH KONIG (1832-1901)

KONIG (1832-1901)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German physicist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg (See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia) on the 26th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1832, and studied at the university of his native See also:

• TOWN

town, taking the degree of Ph.D . About 1852 he went to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and became apprentice to the famous See also:

• VIOLIN

violin-maker, J . B . Vuillaume, and some six years later he started business on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . He called himself a " maker of musical See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments," but the instruments for which his name is best known are tuning-forks, which speedily gained a high reputation among physicists for their accuracy and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general excellence . From this business See also:

• KONIG, KARL RUDOLPH (1832-1901)

Konig derived his livelihood for the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life . He was, however, very far from being a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere tradesman, and even as a manufacturer he regarded the quality of the articles that See also:

• LEFT

left his workshop as a See also:

• MATTER

matter of greater solicitude than the profits they yielded . Acoustical See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research was his real See also:

• INTEREST

interest, and to that he devoted all the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time and See also:

• MONEY

money he could spare from his business . An exhibit which he sent to the See also:

• LONDON

London See also:

• EXHIBITION

Exhibition of 1862 gained a See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal, and at the See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia Exposition at 1876 See also:

• GREAT

great admiration was expressed for a tonometric apparatus of his manufacture . This consisted of about 67o tuning-forks, of as many different pitches, extending over four octaves, and it afforded a perfect means for testing, by enumeration of the beats, the number of vibrations producing any given See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note and for accurately tuning any musical See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument . An See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was made to secure this apparatus for the university of See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, and Konig was induced to leave it behind him in See also:

• AMERICA

America on the assurance that it would be See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased; but, ultimately, the money not being forthcoming, the arrangement See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell through, to his great disappointment and pecuniary loss . Some of the forks he disposed of to the university of See also:

• TORONTO

Toronto and the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder he used as a of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church and the town-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, the buildings are mostly of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood .

The origin and whole See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of the town are connected with the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• SILVER

silver-mines in the neighbourhood . Their first See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery was made by a See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant in 1623, since which time they have been worked with varying success . During the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• KONGSBERG

Kongsberg was more important than now, and contained See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double its See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population . Within the town are situated the smelting-See also:

• WORKS

works, the See also:

• MINT
• MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

mint, and a Government weapon factory . Three See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles below the Laagen forms a See also:

• FINE

fine fall of 140 ft . (Labrofos) . The neighbouring Jonksnut (2950 ft.) commands extensive views of the See also:

• TELEMARK

Telemark; A See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving-road from Kongsberg follows a favourite route for travellers through this See also:

• DISTRICT

district, connecting with routes to See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

Sand and See also:

• ODDE, or ODDA

Odde on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast .