[from the inventor’s name.] Applied to a lamp invented by Aimé Argand about 1782, with a cylindrical wick, which allows a current of air to pass to both inner and outer surfaces of the flame, thus securing more perfect combustion and brighter light; also to a ring-shaped gas burner constructed on the same principle.
1790. Roy, in Phil. Trans., LXXX. 162. A simple Argand’s burner.
1805. Sir H. Davy, ibid., XCV. 158. Exposed to the heat of an Argand lamp.
1832. Babbage, Econ. Manuf., xxiv. 237. An argand burner, whether used for consuming oil or gas.
1859. M. Scott, Tom Cringle, ii. 39. A large argand with a brilliant reflector.
1869. Daily News, 18 June, 4/6. None of the fish-tails seem to be as economical for common gas as the argands.
