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bunsen burner
CIDE DICTIONARY
bunsen burner,
a kind of burner, invented by Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg , consisting of a straight tube, four or five inches in length, having small holes for the entrance of air at the bottom. Illuminating gas being also admitted at the bottom, a mixture of gas and air is formed which burns at the top with a feebly luminous but intensely hot flame. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bunsen burner, n. a small adjustable gas burner used in scientific work as a source of great heat.
Etymology
R. W. Bunsen, Ger. chemist d. 1899
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