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  2. Ami Argand - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Argand lamp - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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    1780 Ami Argand invents the central draught fixed oil lamp. 1784 Argand adds glass chimney to central draught lamp. 1786 William Nicholson proposes use of concentric wicks. [3] 1792 William Murdoch begins experimenting with gas lighting and probably produced the first gas light in this year.

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  6. William Thomas Sugg - Wikipedia

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    A circa 1906 Sugg gas lamp. William Thomas Sugg (1833 – 28 February 1907) was a British gas lighting engineer. He was trained from 1851 by his father, who had founded William Sugg and Company as a gas lighting firm in 1837. After his father's 1860 death Sugg took over the family firm.

  7. Lewis lamp - Wikipedia

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    The lamp used a similar design to an Argand lamp, adding a parabolic reflector behind the lamp and a magnifying lens made from 4-inch-diameter (100 mm) green bottle glass in front of the lamp. A similar variant using a parabolic reflector was created by the inventor of the Argand lamp, Aimé Argand.

  8. List of companies based in Los Angeles County - Wikipedia

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  9. Los Angeles County agrees to buy downtown skyscraper - AOL

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    L.A. County has agreed to buy the Gas Company Tower, a prominent office skyscraper in downtown L.A., for $215 million in a foreclosure sale.

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