Argand lamp

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Argand lamp

[′är‚gän ′lamp]
(engineering)
A gas lamp having a tube-shaped wick, allowing a current of air inside as well as outside the flame.
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He performs a service by including illustrations to accompany the history of lighting, beginning with oil lamps, candles, and Argand lamps that arrived at the end of the century.
Freihaustheater in Wien 1787-1801. Wirkungsstatte von W. A. Mozart und E. Schikaneder. Sammlung der Dokumente

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