The Victorian eye: a political history of light and vision in Britain ; 1800 - 1910
During the 19th century, Britain became the first gaslit society. At the same time, the government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. This study examines the way people saw and were seen in this gaslit age, and how this affected Victorian culture.
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| Zusammenfassung: | During the 19th century, Britain became the first gaslit society. At the same time, the government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. This study examines the way people saw and were seen in this gaslit age, and how this affected Victorian culture. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | X, 382 S. Ill. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780226640761 0226640760 9780226640778 0226640779 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Illustrations vi
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Light, Vision, and Power 1
1 The Victorian Eye: The Physiology, Sociology, and
Spatiality of Vision, 1800-1900 22
2 Oligoptic Engineering: Light and the Victorian City 62
3 The Age of Inspectability: Vision, Space, and the
Victorian City 99
4 The Government of Light: Gasworks, Gaslight, and
Photometry 135
5 Technologies of Illumination, 1870-1910 173
6 Securing Perception: Assembling Electricity Networks 214
Conclusion: Patterns of Perception 253
Notes 265 Bibliography 339 Index 365
Illustrations
1.1 Horizontal view of the human eye 23
1.2 Cross section of the retina 29
1.3 Mosaic of cones in the fovea centralis and area 30
1.4 Diagrammatic section of the macula lutea 31
l.s The mechanism of accommodation 33
1.6 Various kinds of cataract compared 36
1.7 Operation for strabismus (squinting) 37
1.8 Table ophthalmoscope 37
1.9 Pray s astigmatism test 39
1.10 Correct position for reading by lamplight 42
1.11 Incorrect position for reading by lamplight 42
1.12 Graph demonstrating the production of myopia in
school 44
2.1 Court with shared facilities 65
2.2 Narrow alley, without sunlight 66
2.3 View through a skylight 71
2.4 The same view, following the construction of an adjacent
building 71
2.5 General reading room, Anderston Library, Glasgow 76
2.6 Light curve for a diagonal street 80
2.7 The persistence of darkness 83
2.8 Prismatic basement lighting 88
2.9 Calculating the illumination provided by windows of
different aspects 89
2.10 Stayton s wood paving in Chelsea 94
2.11 Smoke from domestic chimneys 97
3.1 Meat inspection at Smithfield, London 111
3.2 Engineering visual accessibility: the access pipe 112
ILLUSTRATIONS
3.3 Engineering visual accessibility: the inspection chamber 112
3.4 Model sanitary inspector s notes 114
3.5 Functional differentiation of domestic space 125
3.6 Private slaughterhouse 129
3.7 Public abattoir 130
4.1 Gasworks 138
4.2 Equipment for laying gas mains 140
4.3 Fittings for tin and brass pipes 141
4.4 Governor for gasworks 143
4.s Wet meter 144
4.6 Meter-repairing workshop 147
4.7 Collecting coins from a slot meter 149
4.8 Gasholder 152
4.9 Table photometer using the Bunsen system 157
4.10 Evolution of the wick and the chemical composition of the
candle 160
4.n Illumination contour diagram for Whitehall, London 171
5.1 Bray reversible inverted burner with gas adjuster 176
5.2 Gaslight at Victoria Station, London 177
5.3 Brush-Vienna electric arc lamp 179
5.4 Farmer-Wallace arc lights at Liverpool Street Station,
London 180
5.5 Siemens-Schuckert transportable electric searchlight and
tower 188
5.6 Dioptric and catadioptric holophotal apparatus 191
5.7 Leiter s forehead lamp 195
5.8 Cystoscope illuminating bladder 196
5.9 Calculable illumination 198
s.io Reading lamps with shades and brackets 199
5.11 Gaslit printing machine room 202
5.12 Ventilating gaslights 209
5.13 Mercury vapor lamp used to treat rachitic children 211
6.1 Holborn viaduct subways 217
6.2 The Compton system of bare-strip copper mains 219
6.3 Franz Probst and triangular fault localization coil 221
6.4 Lighting-up chart 222
6.5 Light distribution diagrams for three different holophane
globes 225
6.6 Testing wagon for street photometry 226
6.7 Variety and unevenness in streetlights 229
6.8 Distribution diagram for armored insulating tube system 230
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ILLUSTRATIONS
6.9 Molera and Cebrian s system of piped illumination 233
6.10 Main laying in the Strand, Westminster 246
6.11 High-pressure incandescent gaslighting at the Mansion House,
City of London 249
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Contents
Illustrations vi
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Light, Vision, and Power 1
1 The Victorian Eye: The Physiology, Sociology, and
Spatiality of Vision, 1800-1900 22
2 Oligoptic Engineering: Light and the Victorian City 62
3 The Age of Inspectability: Vision, Space, and the
Victorian City 99
4 The Government of Light: Gasworks, Gaslight, and
Photometry 135
5 Technologies of Illumination, 1870-1910 173
6 Securing Perception: Assembling Electricity Networks 214
Conclusion: Patterns of Perception 253
Notes 265 Bibliography 339 Index 365
Illustrations
1.1 Horizontal view of the human eye 23
1.2 Cross section of the retina 29
1.3 Mosaic of cones in the fovea centralis and area 30
1.4 Diagrammatic section of the macula lutea 31
l.s The mechanism of accommodation 33
1.6 Various kinds of cataract compared 36
1.7 Operation for strabismus (squinting) 37
1.8 Table ophthalmoscope 37
1.9 Pray's astigmatism test 39
1.10 Correct position for reading by lamplight 42
1.11 Incorrect position for reading by lamplight 42
1.12 Graph demonstrating the production of myopia in
school 44
2.1 Court with shared facilities 65
2.2 Narrow alley, without sunlight 66
2.3 View through a skylight 71
2.4 The same view, following the construction of an adjacent
building 71
2.5 General reading room, Anderston Library, Glasgow 76
2.6 Light curve for a diagonal street 80
2.7 The persistence of darkness 83
2.8 Prismatic basement lighting 88
2.9 Calculating the illumination provided by windows of
different aspects 89
2.10 Stayton's wood paving in Chelsea 94
2.11 Smoke from domestic chimneys 97
3.1 Meat inspection at Smithfield, London 111
3.2 Engineering visual accessibility: the access pipe 112
ILLUSTRATIONS
3.3 Engineering visual accessibility: the inspection chamber 112
3.4 Model sanitary inspector's notes 114
3.5 Functional differentiation of domestic space 125
3.6 Private slaughterhouse 129
3.7 Public abattoir 130
4.1 Gasworks 138
4.2 Equipment for laying gas mains 140
4.3 Fittings for tin and brass pipes 141
4.4 Governor for gasworks 143
4.s Wet meter 144
4.6 Meter-repairing workshop 147
4.7 Collecting coins from a slot meter 149
4.8 Gasholder 152
4.9 Table photometer using the Bunsen system 157
4.10 Evolution of the wick and the chemical composition of the
candle 160
4.n Illumination contour diagram for Whitehall, London 171
5.1 Bray reversible inverted burner with gas adjuster 176
5.2 Gaslight at Victoria Station, London 177
5.3 Brush-Vienna electric arc lamp 179
5.4 Farmer-Wallace arc lights at Liverpool Street Station,
London 180
5.5 Siemens-Schuckert transportable electric searchlight and
tower 188
5.6 Dioptric and catadioptric holophotal apparatus 191
5.7 Leiter's forehead lamp 195
5.8 Cystoscope illuminating bladder 196
5.9 Calculable illumination 198
s.io Reading lamps with shades and brackets 199
5.11 Gaslit printing machine room 202
5.12 Ventilating gaslights 209
5.13 Mercury vapor lamp used to treat rachitic children 211
6.1 Holborn viaduct subways 217
6.2 The Compton system of bare-strip copper mains 219
6.3 Franz Probst and triangular fault localization coil 221
6.4 Lighting-up chart 222
6.5 Light distribution diagrams for three different holophane
globes 225
6.6 Testing wagon for street photometry 226
6.7 Variety and unevenness in streetlights 229
6.8 Distribution diagram for armored insulating tube system 230
v«
ILLUSTRATIONS
6.9 Molera and Cebrian's system of piped illumination 233
6.10 Main laying in the Strand, Westminster 246
6.11 High-pressure incandescent gaslighting at the Mansion House,
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| spelling | Otter, Chris Verfasser aut The Victorian eye a political history of light and vision in Britain ; 1800 - 1910 Chris Otter Chicago [u.a.] Univ. of Chicago Press 2008 X, 382 S. Ill. 23 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index During the 19th century, Britain became the first gaslit society. At the same time, the government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. This study examines the way people saw and were seen in this gaslit age, and how this affected Victorian culture. Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1800-1910 gnd rswk-swf Alltag, Brauchtum Geschichte Gesellschaft Politik Lighting Great Britain History 19th century Lighting Great Britain History 20th century Lighting Social aspects Great Britain History Lighting Political aspects Great Britain History Optical engineering Great Britain History 19th century Visual perception Beleuchtung (DE-588)4112704-3 gnd rswk-swf Großbritannien Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 gnd rswk-swf Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 g Beleuchtung (DE-588)4112704-3 s Geschichte 1800-1910 z b DE-604 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007043184-d.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007043184-b.html Contributor biographical information HBZ Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=016955949&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Otter, Chris The Victorian eye a political history of light and vision in Britain ; 1800 - 1910 Alltag, Brauchtum Geschichte Gesellschaft Politik Lighting Great Britain History 19th century Lighting Great Britain History 20th century Lighting Social aspects Great Britain History Lighting Political aspects Great Britain History Optical engineering Great Britain History 19th century Visual perception Beleuchtung (DE-588)4112704-3 gnd |
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| title | The Victorian eye a political history of light and vision in Britain ; 1800 - 1910 |
| title_auth | The Victorian eye a political history of light and vision in Britain ; 1800 - 1910 |
| title_exact_search | The Victorian eye a political history of light and vision in Britain ; 1800 - 1910 |
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| title_full | The Victorian eye a political history of light and vision in Britain ; 1800 - 1910 Chris Otter |
| title_fullStr | The Victorian eye a political history of light and vision in Britain ; 1800 - 1910 Chris Otter |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Victorian eye a political history of light and vision in Britain ; 1800 - 1910 Chris Otter |
| title_short | The Victorian eye |
| title_sort | the victorian eye a political history of light and vision in britain 1800 1910 |
| title_sub | a political history of light and vision in Britain ; 1800 - 1910 |
| topic | Alltag, Brauchtum Geschichte Gesellschaft Politik Lighting Great Britain History 19th century Lighting Great Britain History 20th century Lighting Social aspects Great Britain History Lighting Political aspects Great Britain History Optical engineering Great Britain History 19th century Visual perception Beleuchtung (DE-588)4112704-3 gnd |
| topic_facet | Alltag, Brauchtum Geschichte Gesellschaft Politik Lighting Great Britain History 19th century Lighting Great Britain History 20th century Lighting Social aspects Great Britain History Lighting Political aspects Great Britain History Optical engineering Great Britain History 19th century Visual perception Beleuchtung Großbritannien Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century |
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