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Robert Bunsen
(31 Mar 1811 - 16 Aug 1899)
German chemist.
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Science Quotes by Robert Bunsen (4)
Bin Chemiker der kein Physiker ist, ist gar nichts.
A chemist who is not a physicist is nothing at all.
A chemist who is not a physicist is nothing at all.
— Robert Bunsen
J. R. Partington (ed.), A History of Chemistry (1961), Vol. 4, 282.
At the moment I am occupied by an investigation with Kirchoff which does not allow us to sleep. Kirchoff has made a totally unexpected discovery, inasmuch as he has found out the cause for the dark lines in the solar spectrum and can produce these lines artificially intensified both in the solar spectrum and in the continuous spectrum of a flame, their position being identical with that of Fraunhofer’s lines. Hence the path is opened for the determination of the chemical composition of the Sun and the fixed stars.
— Robert Bunsen
Letter to H.E. Roscoe (Nov 1859). In The Life and Experiences of Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (1906), 71.
See also: | Absorption Line (2) | Biography (148) | Composition (7) | Discovery (159) | Flame (5) | Kirchoff_Gustav (2) | Sleep (10) | Solar Spectrum (2) | Spectrum (6) | Star (53) | Sun (33)
At the moment I am occupied by an investigation with Kirchoff which does not allow us to sleep. Kirchoff has made a totally unexpected discovery, inasmuch as he has found out the cause for the dark lines in the solar spectrum and can produce these lines artificially intensified both in the solar spectrum and in the continuous spectrum of a flame, their position being identical with that of Fraunhofer’s lines. Hence the path is opened for the determination of the chemical composition of the Sun and the fixed stars.
— Robert Bunsen
Letter to H.E. Roscoe (Nov 1859). In The Life and Experiences of Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (1906), 81.
See also: | Absorption Line (2) | Biography (148) | Composition (7) | Discovery (159) | Flame (5) | Kirchoff_Gustav (2) | Sleep (10) | Solar Spectrum (2) | Spectrum (6) | Star (53) | Sun (33)
Working is beautiful and rewarding, but acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting.
A comment Bunsen often told his students.
A comment Bunsen often told his students.
— Robert Bunsen
Quoted in R. Desper, The Human Side of Scientists (1975), 28.
Quotes by others about Robert Bunsen (2)
Describing Robert Bunsen:
As an investigator he was great, as a teacher he was greater, as a man and friend he was greatest.
As an investigator he was great, as a teacher he was greater, as a man and friend he was greatest.
Henry Roscoe on Bunsen. In J. R. Partington (ed.), A History of Chemistry (1961), Vol. 4, 282.
First I would like to wash Bunsen, and then I would like to kiss him because he is such a charming man.
Remark by the wife of Emil Fischer, upon meeting Bunsen for the first time, perhaps noticing a lasting chemical odour from his work.
Remark by the wife of Emil Fischer, upon meeting Bunsen for the first time, perhaps noticing a lasting chemical odour from his work.
Quoted in E. Fischer, Aus meinem Leben (1923). Trans. W. H. Brock.
See also: | Emil Fischer (7)
