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quinquet - translation to English
TYPE OF OIL LAMP
Argand burner; Quinquet; Argand light; Astral lamp
![Argand lamp with circular wick and glass chimney. Illustration from ''Les Merveilles de la science'' (1867–1869) by [[Louis Figuier]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Verre du bec d'Argand.jpg?width=200 "Argand lamp with circular wick and glass chimney. Illustration from ''Les Merveilles de la science'' (1867–1869) by [[Louis Figuier]].")
quinquet
n. peepers
Definition
Argand lamp
·- A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.
Wikipedia
Argand 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.
In France, the lamp is called "Quinquet", after Antoine-Arnoult Quinquet, a pharmacist in Paris, who used the idea originated by Argand and popularized it in France. Quinquet sometimes is credited with the addition of the glass chimney to the lamp.
Examples of use of quinquet
1. Alger – L‘oeuvre de Ould Abderrahmane Kaki, un des pionniers du Théâtre algérien, a été revisitée jeudi ŕ travers la pi';ce "Koul Wahed ou Hakmou" (chacun son pouvoir), mise en sc';ne pour le théâtre par Djamel Bensaber, président de la troupe "El kanki" (le quinquet) de Mostaganem.