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Image: Verre du bec d'Argand

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Description: Print shows a lamp with glass chimney and circular, hollow wick designed by Ami Argand in 1784 that increased the amount of illumination. Illustration from Louis Figuier, Les Merveilles de la science, 1867-1869.
Title: Verre du bec d'Argand
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