Instrument maker at the University of Heidelberg, who worked with Robert Wilhelm Bunsen. In 1855, Desaga perfected an earlier design of the laboratory burner by Michael Faraday into the "Bunsen burner". The Desaga family held the right to market the burner for generations, as part of an agreement made with Bunsen. The Bunsen burner was essential to the invention of the spectroscope by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Robert Georg Kirchhoff. Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (31st March, 1811 – 16th August, 1899) was a German chemist. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Michael Faraday Michael Faraday, FRS (September 22, 1791 – August 25, 1867) was a British scientist (a physicist and chemist) who contributed significantly to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. ... A bunsen burner with needle valve. ... A bunsen burner with needle valve. ... A spectroscope is a device which measures the spectrum of light. ... Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (31st March, 1811 – 16th August, 1899) was a German chemist. ... Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (March 12, 1824 - October 17, 1887), a German physicist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects. ...

References

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