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François-Pierre-Amédée Argand, known as Ami Argand (5 July 1750 – 14 [1] or 24 October 1803 [2]) was a Genevan physicist and chemist. He invented the Argand lamp , a great improvement on the traditional oil lamp .
The Argand lamp is a type of oil lamp invented in 1780 by Aimé Argand. Its output is 6 to 10 candelas , brighter than that of earlier lamps. Its more complete combustion of the candle wick and oil than in other lamps required much less frequent trimming of the wick.
The Serbian Wikipedia (Serbian: Википедија на српском језику, Vikipedija na srpskom jeziku) is the Serbian-language version of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Created on 16 February 2003, it reached its 100,000th article on 20 November 2009 before getting to another milestone with the 200,000th article on 6 July ...
Argand may refer to: Aimé Argand (1755 – 1803), Swiss physicist and chemist and inventor of the argand lamp; Émile Argand (1879 – 1940), Swiss geologist;
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Jean-Robert Argand (UK: / ˈ ɑːr ɡ æ n d /, US: / ˌ ɑːr ˈ ɡ ɑː n (d)/, [1] [2] French: [ʒɑ̃ ʁɔbɛʁ aʁɡɑ̃]; July 18, 1768 – August 13, 1822) was a Genevan amateur mathematician. In 1806, while managing a bookstore in Paris , he published the idea of geometrical interpretation of complex numbers known as the Argand diagram ...
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Roger Joseph Boscovich SJ (Croatian: Ruđer Josip Bošković, pronounced [rûd͡ʑer jǒsip bôʃkoʋit͡ɕ]; Italian: Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich; [2] Latin: Rogerius (Iosephus) Boscovicius; [3] 18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa. [4]