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Furnishings > Lamps > Oil lamps > Argand lamps

Preferred term

Argand lamps  

Definition

  • Lamps with a burner that has a cylindrical wick sandwiched between two metal tubes that admit a current of air to the inside of the flame, and a chimney to enclose the flame and direct air to the outside of it; use especially for such lamps with a separate fuel reservoir from which fuel is fed to the font and burner on the bird-fountain principle [AAT]

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Lamps, Argand

Notation

  • 120092

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-XLZNRTL8-V

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