Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 53
ANCIENT LAMP. 40 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIX™ CENTURY … TALLOW DIP. liquid. A prime improvement was made in lamp-lighting in 1783, by Leger,of Paris, who devised the flat, metallic burner, through which he passed aneatly prepared wick. A further improvement was made in 1TS4 by Argand, of Paris, who introduced a burner consistingof two circular tubes,…
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