Argand burner

American  

[ahr-gand, -gahnd, -guhnd] / ˈɑr gænd, -gɑnd, -gənd /

noun

1. a type of oil or gas burner in which air is fed directly into the flame through a metal tube inside a cylindrical wick.

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Etymology

Origin of Argand burner

1780–90; named after Aimé Argand (1750–1803), Swiss scientist

Example Sentences

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Argand burner

Good illumination is important, and may be obtained from an electric light, or from a Welsbach or Argand burner.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

After a long and persistent effort to interest him in conversation, I was compelled to give it up, and to leave him smiling blankly, with his gaze directed toward the Argand burner.

From That Mother-in-Law of Mine by Anonymous

That pure ethylene, when burnt at the rate of 5 cubic feet per hour from a Referee's Argand burner, emits a light of 68.5 standard candles.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various

Here is a piece of coarse wire gauze—I am about to place it over the flame of this Argand burner.

From The Story of a Tinder-box by Tidy, Charles Meymott

The Argand burner differs from the flat flame burners in that a circular flame is employed.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 by Various