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- catalog abstract ""Brandy, Balloons, & Lamps: Ami Argand, 1750-1803 is the first biography of the remarkable Genevese scientist who literally turned on the lights at the beginning of the Enlightenment to illuminate the Industrial Revolution. Featuring 62 color plates and 106 black-and-white illustrations, Wolfe provides a colorful record of how Argand advanced Western civilization." "Though modest about his accomplishments, Argand moved with ease in royal and scientific circles. Among his many inventions, he developed such a superior method of distillation that Louis XVI named him superintendent of the distilleries of France. With the Montgolfier brothers, he launched the world's first hot-air balloon. And dwarfing his other accomplishments, he revolutionized lighting for everyone." "It was Argand who gave the world an oil lamp that was cheaper, cleaner, and ten times more powerful than previous devices of illumination."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Brandy, balloons, and lamps".
- catalog contributor b11312306.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Brandy, Balloons, & Lamps: Ami Argand, 1750-1803 is the first biography of the remarkable Genevese scientist who literally turned on the lights at the beginning of the Enlightenment to illuminate the Industrial Revolution. Featuring 62 color plates and 106 black-and-white illustrations, Wolfe provides a colorful record of how Argand advanced Western civilization." "Though modest about his accomplishments, Argand moved with ease in royal and scientific circles. Among his many inventions, he developed such a superior method of distillation that Louis XVI named him superintendent of the distilleries of France. With the Montgolfier brothers, he launched the world's first hot-air balloon. And dwarfing his other accomplishments, he revolutionized lighting for everyone."".
- catalog description ""It was Argand who gave the world an oil lamp that was cheaper, cleaner, and ten times more powerful than previous devices of illumination."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 175) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 192 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0809322781 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press,".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog subject "660/.092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Argand burner.".
- catalog subject "Argand, Ami, 1750-1803.".
- catalog subject "Chemical engineers France Biography.".
- catalog subject "TP746 .W65 1999".
- catalog title "Brandy, balloons & lamps : Ami Argand, 1750-1803 / John J. Wolfe.".
- catalog title "Brandy, balloons, and lamps".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".