Author: Patrick Hamilton
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0349141592
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
This classic Victorian thriller was first produced in 1935. Jack Manningham is slowly, deliberately driving his wife, Bella, insane. He has almost succeeded when help arrives in the form of a former detective, Rough, who believes Manningham to be a thief and murderer. Aided by Bella, Rough proves Manningham's true identity and finally Bella achieves a few moments of sweet revenge for the suffering inflicted on her.
Gaslight
Author: Patrick Hamilton
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0349141592
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
This classic Victorian thriller was first produced in 1935. Jack Manningham is slowly, deliberately driving his wife, Bella, insane. He has almost succeeded when help arrives in the form of a former detective, Rough, who believes Manningham to be a thief and murderer. Aided by Bella, Rough proves Manningham's true identity and finally Bella achieves a few moments of sweet revenge for the suffering inflicted on her.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0349141592
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
This classic Victorian thriller was first produced in 1935. Jack Manningham is slowly, deliberately driving his wife, Bella, insane. He has almost succeeded when help arrives in the form of a former detective, Rough, who believes Manningham to be a thief and murderer. Aided by Bella, Rough proves Manningham's true identity and finally Bella achieves a few moments of sweet revenge for the suffering inflicted on her.
Lengthening the Day
Author: Brian Bowers
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
People have always wanted light, and until the nineteenth century the only useful source of light was flame. Electricity brought clean light without flame, and sometimes even without much heat. This book is about the ways in which people have made light to lengthen their day. It explains howoil lamps, candles, and gas lights work and, drawing on writings of the time, shows how the available lights affected daily life. The principles of all the main types of electric lights now available are described. Alongside this technical history, quotations from Aristophanes to Jane Austen, fromJames Boswell to Kenneth Grahame, illustrate the social importance of lighting.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
People have always wanted light, and until the nineteenth century the only useful source of light was flame. Electricity brought clean light without flame, and sometimes even without much heat. This book is about the ways in which people have made light to lengthen their day. It explains howoil lamps, candles, and gas lights work and, drawing on writings of the time, shows how the available lights affected daily life. The principles of all the main types of electric lights now available are described. Alongside this technical history, quotations from Aristophanes to Jane Austen, fromJames Boswell to Kenneth Grahame, illustrate the social importance of lighting.
Grand Illusion
Author: Gabriela Cruz
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190915056
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
A new and groundbreaking historical narrative, Grand Illusion: Phantasmagoria in Nineteenth-Century Opera explores how technical innovations in Paris transformed the grand opera into a transcendent, dream-like audio-visual spectacle.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190915056
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
A new and groundbreaking historical narrative, Grand Illusion: Phantasmagoria in Nineteenth-Century Opera explores how technical innovations in Paris transformed the grand opera into a transcendent, dream-like audio-visual spectacle.
An Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of Gas-lighting
Author: William Matthews
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A History of the Introduction of Gas Lighting
Author: Charles Hunt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Theatre Lighting in the Age of Gas
Author: Terence Rees
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904031178
Category : Gas-lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Terence Rees researched this work over a period of five years in places ranging from the libraries of the British Patent Office and the Institution of Gas Engineers to the decaying stuctures of about-to-be demolished theatres. The book contains over 80 illustrations which provide a clear visualisation of a bygone era." --Etbooks.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904031178
Category : Gas-lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Terence Rees researched this work over a period of five years in places ranging from the libraries of the British Patent Office and the Institution of Gas Engineers to the decaying stuctures of about-to-be demolished theatres. The book contains over 80 illustrations which provide a clear visualisation of a bygone era." --Etbooks.
Journal of Gas Lighting
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
American Gas-light Journal and Chemical Repertory
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
The Journal of Gas Lighting, Water Supply & Sanitary Improvement
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas as fuel
Languages : en
Pages : 1178
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas as fuel
Languages : en
Pages : 1178
Book Description
Journal of Gas Lighting and Water Supply
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description