François Pierre Aimé
ARGAND
(b.
5 July 1750
,
Geneva, Switzerland
d.
24 October 1803
,
Geneva, Switzerland
)
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François Pierre Aimé ARGAND was born 5 July 1750 in Geneva, Switzerland
François Pierre Aimé ARGAND was the child of ? and ?François Pierre Aimé ARGAND died 24 October 1803 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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5 July 1750
Geneva, Switzerland

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1784 - The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
'Argand burner, first scientifically constructed oil lamp, patented in 1784 in England by a Swiss, Aimé Argand. The first basic change in lamps in thousands of years, it applied a principle that was later adapted to gas burners. The Argand burner consisted of a cylindrical wick housed between two concentric metal tubes. The inner tube provided a passage through which air rose into the centre to support combustion on the inner surface of the cylindrical flame in addition to that on the outer surface. A glass chimney increased the draft, allowing more complete burning of the oil; an Argand lamp gave about 10 times the light of an earlier lamp of the same size, as well as a cleaner flame, but its oil consumption was greater.'
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'Argand burner, first scientifically constructed oil lamp, patented in 1784 in England by a Swiss, Aimé Argand. The first basic change in lamps in thousands of years, it applied a principle that was later adapted to gas burners. The Argand burner consisted of a cylindrical wick housed between two concentric metal tubes. The inner tube provided a passage through which air rose into the centre to support combustion on the inner surface of the cylindrical flame in addition to that on the outer surface. A glass chimney increased the draft, allowing more complete burning of the oil; an Argand lamp gave about 10 times the light of an earlier lamp of the same size, as well as a cleaner flame, but its oil consumption was greater.'
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24 October 1803
Geneva, Switzerland
He died at the age of 53.
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