Meaning of Homberg's phosphorus in English:
Homberg's phosphorus
noun
Fused calcium chloride.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Henry Pemberton (1694–1771), physician and mathematician. From the genitive of the name of Wilhelm Homberg, German chemist, who discovered its phosphorescence in 1693 + phosphorus; compare scientific Latin phosphorus Hombergii.
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