Fig. 10 -- verre du bec d'Argand

Print shows a lamp with glass chimney and circular, hollow wick designed by Ami Argand in 1784 that increased the amount of illumination.

Illus. in: Les merveilles de la science, ou Description populaire des inventions modernes, / par Louis Figuier. Paris : Furne, Jouvet et cie, [1867]-1870.
Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 213.