Meaning of Argand lamp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of oil lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.
   historical
2. Alternative letter-case form of Argand lamp.
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Examples

“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 — the lamp of Argand with its original plain ground-glass shade, and its tempered and uniform moonlight rays.”

“It is probable that Loutherbourg used Argand lamps to achieve his startling effects of meteorology in the Eidophusikon in the mid 1780s.”

“[…] and Emily arrived in inglorious safety among the argand lamps and rosewood tables in Mr. Delawarr's drawing-room […]”

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