Bunsen

[ buhn-suhn; German boon-zuhn ]

noun

1. Rob·ert Wil·helm [rob, -ert , wil, -helm, roh, -be, r, t , vil, -helm], 1811–99, German chemist.

Bunsen

/ ˈbʌnsən; ˈbʊnzən /

noun

1. BunsenRobert Wilhelm18111899MGermanSCIENCE: chemist 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

/ bŭn′sən /

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

"People like to call it 'the American experiment.' I don't like to think of my country as an experiment – a bunch of chemicals sitting over a bunsen burner," he told Rehm.

From US News

Briefly the Indiana bio-chemists encouraged me to learn organic chemistry, but after I used a bunsen burner to warm up some benzene, I was relieved from further true chemistry.

From Literature

India's apparently foolproof bunsen burner experiment blew up in their face in Mumbai, with and sharing 19 wickets.

From The Guardian

He holds a glass tube over a bunsen burner, twirling it constantly, blows through the molten glass, and turns it into a sphere.

From BBC

With these on one third, very gently push forward the air regulators until a roaring noise tells that air is being admitted to the bunsen burners.

From Project Gutenberg