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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