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Argand lamp

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    Argand mantle lamp, c. 1830

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    Etymology

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    Named after inventor Ami Argand of Geneva.

    Noun

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    Argandlamp (pluralArgand lamps)

    1. (now historical) A type ofoil lamp with a circular hollowwick and glasschimney which allow acurrent of air both inside and outside of theflame.
      • 1840,Edgar Allan Poe,The Philosophy of Furniture:
        Never was a more lovely thought than that of the astral lamp. I mean, of course, the astral lamp proper, and do not wish to be misunderstood — thelamp of Argand with its original plain ground-glass shade, and its tempered and uniform moonlight rays.
      • 2007, Christopher Baugh, edited by Moody & O'Quinn,The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre 1730-1830, page52:
        It is probable that Loutherbourg usedArgand lamps to achieve his startling effects of meteorology in theEidophusikon in the mid 1780s.

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    a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney

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