Paul Bunge Explained

Paul Bunge
Citizenship:	German
Birth Date:	c. 1839
Module:	Discipline: Mechanical engineering

Paul Bunge (c. 1839–1888) is credited as the inventor of the short-beam analytical balance in 1866.^{[1] [2]} The eponymous Paul Bunge Prize is awarded each year for outstanding publications in the history of scientific instruments.

Though short-beam balances were in use before 1866, Bunge was the first engineer to document a theory for their operation and started manufacturing the balances in Hamburg.^[3] It was Florenz Sartorius who from 1870 started the mass production of the scientific balances in his business in Göttingen.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thomas Allgeier . Bunge . Stanton Instruments . 2016-12-11.
2. Web site: H8547 Analytical balance in glass case with instructions, wood/metal/glass/paper, Paul Bunge, Germany; 1934 . Powerhouse Museum . 2016-12-11.
3. Jenemann, Hans R. (1986). Paul Bunge und die Fertigung wissenschaftlicher Waagen in Hamburg. Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte 31, pp. 117-140; 165-183.
4. Book: Turner. Gerard L'E.. Nineteenth-century scientific instruments. 1983. Sotheby Publications. London. 9780520051607. 65.