Bunsen Burner Day

When Celebrated

Always on March 31st

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About the Holiday

Bunsen Burner Day celebrates the birthday of German chemist and inventor Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen born on this day in 1811. He was the inventor of the Bunsen burner which is a commonly used piece of equipment used all over the world especially in science and chemistry classes and laboratories. Merriam-Webster.com describes a Bunsen burner as "a gas burner consisting typically of a straight tube with small holes at the bottom where air enters and mixes with the gas to produce an intensely hot blue flame."

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