Standard netiquette suggests its tacky to correct spelling - and so it is, but for exceptions such as proper names. For those doing research on the questuion, we believe Herr Faught refers to:
Francois-Pierre Ami Argand
Fwiw, Msr. Argand designed a hollow circular wick which gave a brighter light. Because air passes more evenly through the wick, fuel burns more intensely and with less smoke.
Argand's wick is a precursor to the mantle, whose invention is usually credited to Carl Auer von Welsbach. If you start rooting around on the web, its easy to get sucked into this stuff. I didn't know it till now but there is an entire hobby-sect devoted to 'lamping'.
American lighthouse Argand examples abound. For instance - Cape Hatteras, Cape Henry and Charlotte-Genesee were fitted with Argand lamps.
Van Gogh's painting 'The Potato Eaters' depicts an Argand lamp. Of all things...
From the Fog Signal Building Reading Room and Root Cellar,
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This Lighthouse Moment(r) was brought to you by Ross Holland Jr.'s Great American Lighthouses New York, John Wiley & Son, 1994, pp 29-30, 162,178,249.
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