“Over London at Night”: Gasworks, Ballooning, and the Visual Gas Field
In 1865, the scientist James Glaisher described the way that gaslights illuminated the outline of the serpentine river Thames when seen from a balloon: “On leaving Charing Cross I looked back over London, the model of which could be seen traced—its squares by their lights; the river, which looked da...
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Yale University
2022-04-01
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| Series: | British Art Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-22/gasworks-ballooning-and-the-visual-gas-field |