Argand lamp en · NOUN
Etymology
Named after inventor Ami Argand of Geneva.
Meanings
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(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.
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.
1840, Edgar Allan Poe, The Philosophy of Furniture:It is probable that Loutherbourg used Argand lamps to achieve his startling effects of meteorology in the Eidophusikon in the mid 1780s.
2007, Christopher Baugh, edited by Moody & O'Quinn, The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre 1730-1830, page 52:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argand lamps | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| argand lamp | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (8)
ru арга́ндова ла́мпа (a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney) · ko 아르강 등 (a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney) · ca quinqué (a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney) · pl kinkiet (a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney) · es quinqué (a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney) · de Argandbrenner (a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney) · fr quinquet (a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney) · pt lâmpada de Argand (a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney)