<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Argand lamps</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31462452</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:08:10</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Argand lamp</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Argands</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">argand lamp</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">lamp, Argand</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">lamps, Argand</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Lamps with a burner that has a cylindrical wick sandwiched between two metal tubes that admit a current of air to the inside of the flame and a chimney to enclose the flame and direct air to the outside of it; use especially for such lamps with a separate fuel reservoir from which fuel is fed to the font and burner on the bird-fountain principle. Argand lamps were invented ca. 1782 by Aimé Argand in Geneva and were manufactured in England by Boulton, in the United States by Cornelius & Co. and in France by Quinquet, after whom they are sometimes named. ]]></dc:description></metadata>