PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
I
LIGHT AND PROGRESS
II
THE ART OF MAKING FIRE
III
PRIMITIVE LIGHT-SOURCES
IV
THE CEREMONIAL USE OF LIGHT
V
OIL-LAMPS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
VI
EARLY GAS-LIGHTING
VII
THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT-PRODUCTION
VIII
MODERN GAS-LIGHTING
IX
THE ELECTRIC ARCS
X
THE ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT FILAMENT LAMPS
XI
THE LIGHT OF THE FUTURE
XII
LIGHTING THE STREETS
XIII
LIGHTHOUSES
XIV
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT IN WARFARE
XV
SIGNALING
XVI
THE COST OF LIGHT
XVII
LIGHT AND SAFETY
XVIII
THE COST OF LIVING
XIX
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AND CHEMISTRY
XX
LIGHT AND HEALTH
XXI
MODIFYING ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
XXII
SPECTACULAR LIGHTING
XXIII
THE EXPRESSIVENESS OF LIGHT
XXIV
LIGHTING THE HOME
XXV
LIGHTING—A FINE ART?
READING REFERENCES
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