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Ar′gand burn′er
(är′gand, -gänd, -gənd),USA pronunciation
- Chemistry, Energya type of oil or gas burner in which air is fed directly into the flame through a metal tube inside a cylindrical wick.
- named after Aimé Argand (1750–1803), Swiss scientist 1780–90
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