easily travel up a wick eliminating the need for complicated mechanisms to feed the fuel to the burner. See also Bude-Light: a very bright vegetable oil lamp that works by introducing oxygen into the centre of an Argand burner. Lewis lamp Notes References History of the lamp Dimond, E. W. The Chemistry of Combustion (E R Fiske, 1857), p. 139 ff. Wolfe, John J., Brandy, Balloons, & Lamps: Ami Argand, 1750–1803 (Southern Illinois University, 1999) . External links A more technical explanation of the workings of an Argand lamp Swiss inventions Lighthouse fixtures Oil lamp de:Öllampe#Argandbrenner