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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Bunsen burner
 
NOUN: A small laboratory burner consisting of a vertical metal tube connected to a gas source and producing a very hot flame from a mixture of gas and air let in through adjustable holes at the base.
ETYMOLOGY:After Robert Wilhelm Bunsen.
 
 
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  Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm bunt1  
 
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