Dr. Rodgers' Scientific/Historical Web Page on Robert Bunsen


Robert Bunsen statue on the Hauptstrasse, Heidelberg
 
 


Bunsen statue faces the Hauptstrasse.  Building where Bunsen and
Kirchhoff did their spectral analysis work is on the other side of the street.
 
 


Plaque says "In this house Kirchhoff and Bunsen applied their
spectral analysis to sun and stars and thereby opened up the
chemistry of the universe."
 
 


From left to right, Bunsen's spectroscope and polarimeter.
University of Heidelberg
 
 


Bunsen and Kirchhoff's samples of cesium and rubidium salts.
University of Heidelberg
 
 
 


Bunsen's Chromic Acid Battery