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Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (30 march 1811 - 16 august 1899) was a German chemist. With his laboratory assistant Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner, an improvement on the laboratory burners then in use.<br />
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== In Conan Doyle fictions ==<br />
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=== An Exciting Christmas Eve (1883) ===<br />
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* There was a piece of guncotton which could not have weighed less than a couple of pounds, coarse cotton, starch, various acids, a '''Bunsen''' burner, tubes of fulminate of mercury, some dynamite powder, and a large pitcher of water. ([[EXCI]] {{refcanon|EXCI|212}}).<br />
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=== [SH] A Study in Scarlet (1887) ===<br />
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* When meeting [[Sherlock Holmes]] at St. Barts Hospital, [[Dr. Watson]] described the room : « ''Broad, low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts, test-tubes, and little '''Bunsen''' lamps with their blue flickering flames.'' » ([[STUD]] {{refcanon|STUD|85}}).<br />
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=== [SH] The Sign of Four (1888) ===<br />
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* Within Bartholomew Sholto's chamber : « ''A double line of glass-stoppered bottles was drawn up upon the wall opposite the door, and the table was littered over with '''Bunsen''' burners, test-tubes, and retorts.'' » ([[SIGN]] {{refcanon|SIGN|822}}).<br />
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=== The Doings of Raffles Haw (1891) ===<br />
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* « ''Robert's eyes, as he glanced around, lit on vast wheels, complicated networks of wire, stands, test-tubes, coloured bottles, graduated glasses, '''Bunsen''' burners, porcelain insulators, and all the varied debris of a chemical and electrical workshop.'' » ([[DOIN]] {{refcanon|DOIN|1676}}).<br />
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=== [SH] The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1893) ===<br />
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* [[Sherlock Holmes]] side-table had : « ''A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a '''Bunsen''' burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure.'' » ([[NAVA]] {{refcanon|NAVA|34}}).<br />
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== In Conan Doyle articles ==<br />
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* [[Dr. Koch and his Cure]] (1890)<br />
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