Bunsen

[buhn-suhn, boon-zuhn]

noun

1. Robert Wilhelm 1811–99, German chemist.

Bunsen

/ ˈbʌnsən, ˈbʊnzən /

noun

1. 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

Bunsen

1. 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.

Example Sentences

Indeed, the dining hall looked more like a junk shop now, with all the items stacked in piles—there were Bunsen burners, dirty socks, tinned herring, a box of salt....

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With India coach Rahul Dravid saying the pitch "may turn" - possibly code for it being a raging Bunsen burner - England have gone for the latter.

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My heart lit up like a Bunsen burner.

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"He wouldn't have known how to make a bomb -he could barely light a Bunsen burner," said Mr Fenn.

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A chemistry lab looks like it belongs to Bunsen and Beaker.

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