WILHELM See also:

• WILHELM ROMBERG (1652-1715)

ROMBERG (1652-1715)  , Dutch natural philosopher, was the son of an officer of the Dutch See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BATAVIA

Batavia (See also:

• JAVA

Java) on the 8th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1652 . Coming to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe with his See also:

• FAMILY

family in 1670, he studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at See also:

• JENA

Jena and See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, and in 1674 became an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate at See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg . In that See also:

• TOWN

town he made the acquaintance of See also:

• OTTO

Otto von See also:

• GUERICKE, HEINRICH ERNST FERDINAND (1803-1878)
• GUERICKE, OTTO VON (1602-1686)

Guericke, and under his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence determined to devote himself to natural See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . He, therefore, travelled in various parts of Europe for study, and after graduating in See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine at See also:

• WITTENBERG

Wittenberg, settled in 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 in 1682, From 1685 to 1690 he practised as a physician at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome; then returning to Paris in 169r, he was elected a member of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences and appointed director of ' Communicated by Madame See also:

• WAGNER, ADOLF (1835- )
• WAGNER, RUDOLPH (1805-1864)
• WAGNER, WILHELM RICHARD (1813-1883)

Wagner, See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 28th, 1897 . its chemical laboratory . Subsequently he became teacher of physics and See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry (1702), and private physician (1705) to the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans . His See also:

• DEATH

death occurred at Paris on the 24th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1715 . Homberg was not See also:

• FREE

free from alchetnistical tendencies, but he made many solid contributions to chemical and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical knowledge, recording observations on the preparation of See also:

• KUNKEL (or KUNCKEL) VON LOWENSTJERN, JOHANN (1630-1703)

Kunkel's See also:

• PHOSPHORUS (Gr. 4ws, light, sPEpety, to bear)

phosphorus, on the See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour produced in flames by See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper, on the See also:

• CRYSTALLIZATION

crystallization of See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt, on the salts of See also:

• PLANTS

plants, on the saturation of bases by acids, on the freezing of See also:

• WATER

water and its evaporation in vacuo, &c . Much of his See also:

• WORK

work was published in the Recueil de l'Academie See also:

• DES

des Sciences from 1692 to 1714 . The Sal Sedativum Hombergi is boracic See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid, which he discovered in 1702, and " Homberg's phosphorus " is prepared by fusing sal-ammoniac with See also:

• QUICK

quick See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime . HOMBURG-VOR-DER-HOHE, a town and watering-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse-See also:

• NASSAU

Nassau, prettily situated at the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-east See also:

• FOOT

foot of the See also:

• TAUNUS

Taunus Mountains, 12 M . N. of See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort-on-See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main, with which it is connected by See also:

• RAIL

rail .

Pop . (1905) 13,740 . Homburg consists of an old and a new town, the latter, founded by the See also:

• LANDGRAVE (Ger. Landgraf, from Land, " a country" and Graf, "count" )

landgrave of Hesse-Homburg See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick II . (d . 1708), being See also:

• REGULAR

regular and well-built . Besides the palatial edifices erected in connexion with the See also:

• MINERAL

mineral water-cure, there are churches of various denominations, Lutheran, See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic, See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian-See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and See also:

• ANGLICAN

Anglican, See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools and benevolent institutions . On a neighbouring See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill stands the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the former landgraves, built in 168o and subsequently enlarged and improved . The See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower, 183 ft. in height, is said to date from Roman times, and certainly existed under the lords of Eppstein, who held the See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the 12th See also:

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

century . The palace is surrounded by extensive grounds, laid out in the manner of an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park . The eight mineral springs which See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the attraction of the town to strangers belong to the class of saline acidulous chalybeates and contain a considerable proportion of carbonate of lime . Their use is beneficial for diseases of the See also:

• STOMACH (Gr. vrbsaxos from arbga, a mouth)

stomach and intestines, and. externally, for diseases of the skin and See also:

• RHEUMATISM (from Gr. /56µa, flux)

rheumatism . The establishments connected with the springs are arranged on a See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale of See also:

• GREAT

great magnificence, and include the Kurhaus (built 1841-1843), with a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, the Kaiser Wilhelmsbad and the Kurhausbad .

They See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie grouped See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round a See also:

• PRETTY

pretty park which also furnishes the visitors with facilities for various recreations, such as See also:

• LAWN

lawn See also:

• TENNIS (sometimes called royal tennis, and, in America, court tennis)

tennis, See also:

• CROQUET (from Fr. trot, a crook, or crooked stick)

croquet, See also:

• POLO (Tibetan pulu, ball)
• POLO, GASPAR GIL (?153o-1591)
• POLO, MARCO (c. 1254-1324)

polo and other See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries of Homburg embrace See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding and the manufacture of See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather and hats, but they are comparatively unimportant, the prosperity of the town being almost entirely due to the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual influx of visitors, which during the See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season from May to See also:

• OCTOBER

October inclusive averages 12,000 . In the beautiful neighbourhood lies the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Roman See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Saalburg, which can be reached by an electric See also:

• TRAMWAY

tramway . Homburg first came into repute as a watering-place in 1834, and owing to its gaming-tables, which were set up soon after, it rapidly became one of the favourite and most fashionable See also:

• HEALTH

health-resorts of Europe . In 1849 the town was occupied by See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian troops for the purpose of enforcing the imperial See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree against gambling establishments, but immediately on their withdrawal the See also:

• BANK

bank was again opened, and See also:

• PLAY

play continued unchecked until 1872, when the Prussian 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 refused to renew the See also:

• LEASE (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. laxare, to loosen)

lease for gambling purposes, which then expired . As the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the former landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, the town shared the vicissitudes of that See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Homburg is also the name of a town in See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria . Pop . (1g0o) 4785 . It has a Roman Catholic and an Evangelical 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 manufactures of iron goods . In the neighbourhood are the ruins of the castles of Karlsberg and of Hohenburg . The family of the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of Homburg became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct in the 15th century .

The town came into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of See also:

• ZWEIBRUCKEN

Zweibrucken in 1755 and later into that of Bavaria . See Sapp, See also:

• BAD, BCD

Bad Homburg (7th ed., Homburg, 1903);, Baumstark, B,id homburg and See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Heilquellen (See also:

• WIESBADEN

Wiesbaden, 19o1); Schiek, Homburg and Umgebung (Homburg, 1896) ; Will, Der Kurort [lom''nrg, seine Mineralquellen (Homburg, 188o) ; Hoeben, Bad Homburg and sein Heilapparat (Homburg, 1901); and N . E . See also:

• YORKE (1757-1834)
• YORKE, CHARLES (1722-1770)

Yorke-See also:

• DAVIES (DAvIslus), JOHN (1679-1732)
• DAVIES, DAVID CHARLES (1826-1891)
• DAVIES, RICHARD (c. 1505—1581)
• DAVIES, SIR JOHN (1569-1626)
• DAVIES, SIR LOUIS HENRY (1845— )

Davies . Homburg and its See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

Waters (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1897) .