Friday, 16 August 2013

This Day in Science History - August 16 - Robert Bunsen

August 16th is, among other things, the day Robert Bunsen passed away. Nearly everyone who has set foot in a chemistry lab has seen a variation of the burner that carries his name, but did you know he was blind in one eye from a laboratory accident where glassware shattered during an experiment? Read more in a short biography about this remarkable chemist.

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