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Spectacles and the Victorians : Measuring, defining and shaping visual capacity.

This book explores how the Victorians standardised vision and transformed spectacle use. It offers new insights into how technology and its adoption in medical and non-medical contexts shaped, and continues to shape, our understanding of sensory perception and the assimilation of assistive devices.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: ALMOND-BROWN, GEMMA
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [S.l.] : MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book explores how the Victorians standardised vision and transformed spectacle use. It offers new insights into how technology and its adoption in medical and non-medical contexts shaped, and continues to shape, our understanding of sensory perception and the assimilation of assistive devices.
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:9781526161376
1526161370
9781526161369
1526161362