Bunsen

[ buhn-suh n; German boo n-zuh n ]

/ ˈbʌn sən; German ˈbʊn zən /

noun

Rob·ert Wil·helm

[rob-ert wil-helm; German roh-bert vil-helm] /ˈrɒb ərt ˈwɪl hɛlm; German ˈroʊ bɛrt ˈvɪl hɛlm/,1811–99, German chemist.

Example sentences from the Web for bunsen

Iron smelters are benefiting by the discovery of Bunsen, that 42 per cent.

The Scientific Basis of National Progress |George Gore
To bend a tube, a common gas flame is superior to a Bunsen burner.

The Art and Practice of Silver Printing |H. P. Robinson
The semi-mountain air of this lovely place is as refreshing to the body as the pure high-minded Bunsen character is to the soul.

The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6 |Augustus J. C. Hare
Only incapacity like that of a Schmedding, and infatuation like that of a Bunsen, could have created such a hopeless dilemma.

Odd Bits of History |Henry W. Wolff

The burner employed resembles the ordinary Bunsen burner with incandescent mantle, and the rate of consumption of gas is 27.5 cub.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for bunsen

Bunsen

/ (ˈbʌnsən, German ˈbʊnzən) /

noun

Robert Wilhelm (ˈroːbɛrt ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1811–99, German chemist who with Kirchhoff developed spectrum analysis and discovered the elements caesium and rubidium. He invented the Bunsen burner and the ice calorimeter

Scientific definitions for bunsen

Bunsen

[ bŭn′sən ]

Robert Wilhelm 1811-1899

German chemist who with Gustav Kirchhoff developed the technique of spectroscopic analysis, leading to their discovery of the elements cesium and rubidium. Bunsen also invented various kinds of laboratory equipment, although the Bunsen burner itself was probably constructed on an earlier design by Michael Faraday.

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