Argand lamp

English

Argand mantle lamp, c. 1830

Alternative forms

• argand lamp

Etymology

Named after inventor Ami Argand of Geneva.

Noun

Argand lamp (plural Argand lamps)

1. (now 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.
   • 1840, Edgar Allan Poe, The Philosophy of Furniture:

     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.

   • 2007, Christopher Baugh, edited by Moody & O'Quinn, The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre 1730-1830, page 52:

     It is probable that Loutherbourg used Argand lamps to achieve his startling effects of meteorology in the Eidophusikon in the mid 1780s.

Synonyms

• Argand burner
• astral lamp

Translations

a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney

• Catalan: quinqué (ca) m
• French: quinquet (fr) m
• German: Argandbrenner m
• Korean: 아르강 등 (areugang deung)
• Polish: kinkiet (pl) m
• Portuguese: lâmpada de Argand f
• Russian: арга́ндова ла́мпа (ru) f (argándova lámpa)
• Spanish: quinqué m

Further reading

• Argand lamp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia