'Bunsen's burner' definitions:
Definition of 'Bunsen's burner'
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- Bunsen burner \Bun"sen burn"er\, Bunsen's burner \Bun"sen's burn"er\(Chem.), 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]
Definition of 'Bunsen's burner'
From: GCIDE
- Burner \Burn"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced. [1913 Webster]
- Bunsen's burner (Chem.), see Bunsen burner.
- Argand burner, Rose burner, etc. See under Argand, Rose, etc. [1913 Webster]