Burners, National Science Museum Maynooth

Burners

Heating and burning have always been essential elements in the study of chemical composition. One of the most ubiquitous items of modern laboratories is the Bunsen burner, invented in 1855 by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811-1899), a German experimental chemist and pioneer of chemical spectroscopy. It is characterised by an adjustable air intake to control the heat of the gas flame.

001  Bunsen Gas Burner   Early20c. G.
Unsigned
Foot span 139; Height 230; tube diam.11.
Cast iron tripod base holds a brass pillar leading to a sleeve with a knurled brass clamping screw, in which sits the T-shaped iron base pipe of the burner.

002 Gas Burner   Early 20c. G.
4128 Signed: Warrington Fletcher Russell & Co Ltd
Base diameter 96; height 179; tube diameter 26.
Brass. The base had a central mound, with a four-leaf design, and a horizontal gas inlet pipe. The vertical burner tube has a hemishepical wire gauze air inlet at the bottonm, and a flat gauze cover on top.

003 Spirit Burner   Mid 19c. G.
1808 Unsigned
Base diameter 68; max diam 90; height (lesslid) 108.
Glass. A base disc holds an approx. hemispherical tank with a nearly flat top. In this is the sleeve, which has a ground glass neck, for the ceramic wick-holder. A small glove lid sits over the wick. At one side of the flat top on the tank is an inlet, with a gound-glass stopper, to add the spirit.

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*001* Bunsen Gas Burner Early20c. G. Unsigned Foot span 139; Height 230; tube diam.11. Cast iron tripod base holds a brass pillar leading to a sleeve with a knurled brass clamping screw, in which sits the T-shaped iron base pipe of the burner.
*002* Gas Burner Early 20c. G. 4128 Signed: Warrington Fletcher Russell & Co Ltd Base diameter 96; height 179; tube diameter 26. Brass. The base had a central mound, with a four-leaf design, and a horizontal gas inlet pipe. The vertical burner tube has a hemishepical wire gauze air inlet at the bottonm, and a flat gauze cover on top.
*003* Spirit Burner Mid 19c. G. 1808 Unsigned Base diameter 68; max diam 90; height (lesslid) 108. Glass. A base disc holds an approx. hemispherical tank with a nearly flat top. In this is the sleeve, which has a ground glass neck, for the ceramic wick-holder. A small glove lid sits over the wick. At one side of the flat top on the tank is an inlet, with a gound-glass stopper, to add the spirit.