Bunsen
['bʌnsn]
Definition
(noun.) German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899).
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Definition
adj. applied to some of the inventions of the great chemist R. W. Bunsen of Heidelberg.—n. Bun′sen-burn′er a gas-burner in which a plentiful supply of air is caused to mingle with the gas before ignition so that a smokeless flame of low luminosity but great heating power is the result.
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Examples
- A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The process will be slow, however, because the heat furnished by a Bunsen burner is not great, and the wood is transformed slowly. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Professors Kirchhoff and Bunsen map Solar Spectrum, and establish Spectrum Analysis. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Kirchhoff and Bunsen that the eighteen-millionth part of a grain of sodium may be detected. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Recently, however, that has been widely replaced by use of a Bunsen flame upon an incandescent mantle, such as the Welsbach. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- After the bulb has been filled with the mercury, it is placed in a beaker of water and the water is heated by a Bunsen burner. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Opposite this table we installed, later on, our photometrical chamber, which was constructed on the Bunsen principle. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is organized in principle after the Bunsen burner, whereby a perfect combustion of the carbon is obtained with maximum heating effect and without smoke or deposits of lampblack. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Bunsen in 1838 made his first experiments at Hesse in collecting the gases from various parts of the furnace, revealing their composition and showing their adaptability for various purposes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If a glass rod is held in a Bunsen burner, it will gradually grow softer and softer, and finally a drop of molten glass will fall from the end of the rod into the fire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Among the most noted new batteries were Daniell's, Grove's and Bunsen's. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Previous to trying, we tested its sensibility by the current from a single Bunsen cell. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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