Argand lamp

English thumb|Argand mantle lamp, c. 1830 Alternative forms en argand lamp Etymology en inventor Ami Argand = of Geneva. Noun en now historical 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. en 1840 w:Edgar Allan Poe s: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 — the lamp of Argand with its original plain ground-glass shade, and its tempered and uniform moonlight rays. en 2007 Christopher Baugh Moody & O'Quinn The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre 1730-1830 52 It is probable that Loutherbourg used Argand lamps to achieve his startling effects of meteorology in the Eidophusikon in the mid 1780s. Synonyms en Argand burner en astral lamp en solar lamp Translations a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney Catalan: ca quinqué m French: fr quinquet m German: de Argandbrenner m Korean: ko 아르강 등 Polish: pl kinkiet m Portuguese: pt lâmpada de Argand f Russian: ru арга́ндова ла́мпа f Spanish: es quinqué m Further reading en Light sources