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== 18th century == * 1780 [[Ami Argand]] invents the [[Argand lamp|central draught fixed oil lamp]]. * 1784 Argand adds glass chimney to central draught lamp. * 1786 [[William Nicholson (chemist)|William Nicholson]] proposes use of concentric wicks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nicholson |first=William |date=May 1785 |title=The London Magazine, of May 1785 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081682787&seq=7 |access-date=28 October 2024 |website=Hathi Trust}}</ref> * 1792 [[William Murdoch]] begins experimenting with [[gas lighting]] and probably produced the first gas light in this year. * 1800 French watchmaker {{ill|Bertrand Guillaume Carcel|fr}} overcomes the disadvantages of the Argand-type lamps with his clockwork fed [[Carcel lamp]].
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