Är'gand Lămp

[From the name of the inventor.] A lamp invented by Aimé Argand, of France, in 1789, and in which, by means of a hollow wick and a glass chimney, a strong and clear light is produced by placing the flame between two currents of air. Brande.

Argand burner, a gas burner in the form of a ring or hollow cylinder, admitting a current of air through the center to facilitate combustion.