Büde'-light, n.

n. [From Bude, the residence of the inventor, G. Gurney.] An intense white light, produced by burning a purified coal-gas in a compound Argand lamp, of a peculiar construction. Ure.

The present Bude-light is a gas flame, with two, three, or more concentric burners, with chimneys supplied with common air, and a reflecting apparatus of a peculiar construction. Tomlinson.