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Robert Bunsen

(1811–1899) Chemist

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Robert Bunsen was a chemist, best known for Gesammelte Abhandlungen Von Robert Bunsen.

Quick Facts About Robert Bunsen

Born: March 30, 1811
Died: August 16, 1899
Profession: Chemist
Notable works: Gesammelte Abhandlungen Von Robert Bunsen

About Robert Bunsen

Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen was a German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium in 1860 and rubidium in 1861 with the physicist Gustav Kirchhoff. The Bunsen–Kirchhoff Award for spectroscopy is named after Bunsen and Kirchhoff.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Robert Bunsen

The far northern scenery is absolutely desolate but is marvelously beautiful, and I shall never regret that I have seen it, even…

Beautiful

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“At the moment I am occupied by an investigation with Kirchhoff which does not allow us to sleep. Kirchhoff has made a…

Astronomy

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Working is beautiful and rewarding, but acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting.

Acquisition

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You can find that sort of regularity in Stock Exchange quotations. [Expressing his lack of confidence in reported regularities in the periodic…

Classification

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You can find that sort of regularity in Stock Exchange quotations.

Quotations

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A chemist who is not a physicist is nothing at all.

Chemist

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