Spectroscopic apparatus used by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, c1895. Artist: Unknown

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Spectroscopic apparatus used by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, c1895. Bunsen (1811-1899) and Kirchhoff's (1824-1887) development of spectral analysis (1859) enabled the discovery of elements including caesium and rubidium.

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