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Argand burner definition

Ar·gand burner (är′gənd)

a gas or oil burner designed to let air flow inside and outside a cylindrical wick

Etymology: after its inventor, Aimé Argand (1755-1803), Swiss chemist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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