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Argand burner

[ ahr-gand, -gahnd, -guhnd ]

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Argand burner1

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

One evening, about a week after the return of the miniature, the family were gathered together as usual about the argand burner.

The gas passing through the perpendicular tube, a, into the brackets, b b; c shows the Argand burner.

"By way of resting our eyes," I said, and thereupon I extinguished the only light in the room, an Argand-burner oil lamp.

The construction of the Argand burner we have mentioned already, p. 78.

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

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