Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 332
e of any candleunprotected by achimney or shade. In 1784 a French-man named Argandinvented the lampstill called by hisname. The first Ar-gand lamp broughtto this country wasgiven by Thomas Jefi^erson to Charles Thomson.These lamps gave what was then considered to be abrilliant and even dazzling… … Illus. 255.—Crystal Chandelier,about 1760.
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