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n. - German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of a burner (1811-1899).

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  • See a brief, but satisfactory statement of the question in Bunsen and Platner, Roms Beschreibung.vol. i.p. 29. —
  • "Hot as a Bunsen burner," the General contradicted.
  • Now annealing threads by a Bunsen makes them rotten.
  • Bunsen burner and by the passage of a current of air.
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