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

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Argand burner

He also appears to have anticipated the Argand burner.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

Bude-light, a very brilliant light produced by introducing oxygen into the centre of an Argand burner, so called from the place of the inventor's abode.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

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

The former is an ordinary Argand burner in which hot air is introduced into the upper portion of the flame, so as to increase the activity of combustion.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 by Various

In 1853 Frankland showed an Argand burner consisting of a metal ring containing a series of holes from which jets of gas issued.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew