Argand lamp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Argand lamp
1795–1805; named after A. Argand. See Argand burner
Example Sentences
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To be sure, to light this enormous room, with old-fashioned heavy cornices, and so thick with dust that merely to see it was enough to make you sneeze, she had only an old Argand lamp.
From La Grande Breteche by Marriage, Ellen
Dresses cut and tried on, two francs, they stopped at a stone staircase of three steps leading into a dark passage, at the end of which shone the red light of an Argand lamp.
From Germinie Lacerteux by Goncourt, Jules de
He employed the light of an ordinary Argand lamp, and polarized it by reflection from a glass surface.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by Lord, John
In the improved lights the best spermaceti oil and the Argand lamp have been introduced.
From Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel by Smeaton, John
She said the words calmly, looking steadily, not at Allan, but into the depths of the Argand lamp.
From A Daughter of Fife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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