KONIG, FRIEDRICH, the inventor of the steam-press, was the son of a respectable citizen of Eisleben, and was b. there April 17, 1775. He became a printer, and was also for a short time a bookseller, but was unsuccessful in this business. lie eagerly prose cuted literary and scientific studies. Having devoted himself to the invention of means of printing by machinery, he applied in vain for the necessary pecuniary assistance in various quarters, his schemes being rejected as impracticable; but at last Thomas Beasley, a printer in London, came forward to his support, a company was formed, and a patent was obtained on Mar. 29, 1810, for a press which printed like the hand-press by two flat plates, and in 1811 it was first used to print part of the Annual Register. A second patent was obtained on Oct. 30; 1811, for a cylinder-press, a third in 1813 for improvements upon it. This improved machine was soon adopted by the proprietors of the limes. In
the latter part of his life, K(Mig was a partner in a company for making steam printing presses at Oberzell, near Wilrzburg, in Bavaria. He died Jan. 17, 1833.
lio'NIGGRILTZ, a t. and fortress of Bohemia, on the left bank of the Elbe, at the con fluence of the Adler with that river, 64 m. c.n.c. of Prague. It is the seat of a bishop, and has a beautiful cathedral. The immediate neighborhood can in any emergency be covered with water. Cloth, musical instruments, shoes, and wax-candles are the staple articles of manufacture. This town has become famous in history on account of the signal victory gained by the Prussians over the Austrians in 1866. Pop. '69, 5,515.
KbITIGINHOF, a small manufacturing t. of Bohemia, on the left bank of the Elbe, 161n. n. of Koniggratz. • Linen weaving, tanning, and manufactures of hats and sugar, are the principal branches of industry. Pop. '69, 6,222.