Spot the Fire, Amuse the Alpinist. The Toposcope, an in situ Panoramic Device (1790–1910)
Initially designed at the end of the 18th century to identify the exact location of a fire during the dark hours of the night, the toposcope became in the following decades a tourist attraction device. Thanks most of all to the work of Alpine and Touring Clubs, the presence of these instruments spr...
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Milano University Press
2023-09-01
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| Series: | Cinéma & Cie |
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| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/cinemaetcie/article/view/19380 |