Robert Bunsen

It began in 1859 with construction of the first spectrometer by German chemist Robert Bunsen of Bunsen burner fame.

First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

It began in 1859 with construction of the first spectrometer by German chemist Robert Bunsen of Bunsen burner fame.

First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

In 1860 Robert Bunsen (1811 – 1899), along with Gustav Kirchhoff (1824 – 1887), discovered two alkali metals, cesium and rubidium, with the aid of the spectroscope they had invented the year before.

Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Eberhard 2009

During his graduate studies he traveled to Heidelberg to work with Robert Bunsen.

Mendeleev, Dimitri Ivanovich 2009

With Robert Bunsen, he invented the spectroscope (1859), a prism-based device that separated light into its primary chromatic components, i.e., its spectrum.

Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert 2009

Its atomic number is 37 and its symbol is Rb. Rubidium was discovered in 1861 by the German chemists, Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff.

Rubidium 2008

Robert Bunsen and Gustov Kirchhoff from Germany discovered it in 1860 when they were studying the minerals left by the evaporation of mineral waters.

Cesium 2008

Robert Bunsen and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff share the glory of the discovery of the spectrum analysis.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

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