Hess

Hess or Heß may refer to:

See also

Hess (crater)

Hess is a lunar crater that lies in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. The crater rim has been worn by subsequent impacts, leaving a low, eroded outer wall. The flat interior has been resurfaced by lava flows and is free of significant impacts. This floor has a slightly darker albedo than the surrounding terrain.

The crater Boyle is nearly attached to the northeastern rim of Hess, and Abbe lies to the south. To the west is the large walled plain Poincaré, and Hess is located at the eastern edge of the crater's deeply eroded outer rim. The satellite crater Hess Z is partly overlaid by the northern rim of Hess. The small crater Hess M joins the south-southwest rim of Hess to the northwest rim of Abbe.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Hess.

References

Hess (surname)

Hess or Heß as a surname may refer to:

Hess's

Hess's was a department store chain based in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The company started in 1897 with one store, originally known as Hess Brothers, and had grown to nearly 80 stores at its peak in the late 1980s. The chain's stores were eventually closed or sold off in a series of deals in the early to mid-1990s.

History

Establishment

The department store known as Hess Brothers was founded on February 19, 1897, by Charles and Max Hess. According to the history of the store, it began when Max Hess, Sr., a German-Jewish immigrant from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, visited Allentown during the summer of 1896. At the time, Ninth and Hamilton Streets was about two blocks west of Allentown's retail shopping district, having only the Grand Central Hotel, a few homes, and several lumberyards. He returned to Perth Amboy and told his brother Charles, that Allentown was virgin territory, and was a major business opportunity.

Both Max and his brother Charles grew up in Germany. He was well aware that the Germans in Pennsylvania had limited access to quality dry goods, and if he opened a store that offered quality products, they would be loyal customers. the brothers moved to Allentown in 1897 and leased space inside the Grand Central Hotel, a building erected in 1868 as the Black Bear Hotel at 835 Hamilton Street. In 1890 it was renamed as the Grand Central. On February 19th, 1897, the Allentown Band was playing in front of the new Hess Brothers store to entertain the shoppers. Hess also bought a significant amount of advertising space in the local Allentown newspapers to inform people about his store.