The Lambent Flame
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: John D. Keating
Binding: Hardback
Published: Melbourne University Press, 1974
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: General wear and marks on external dust cover; pages in very good condition
Hardback oblong quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white and single-colour text-photos; drawings, corner tips few pages lightly creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. John D. Keating relates the story of gaslight lamps in Australia, first introduced in 1841, but much improved as street lighting from the 1870s. Although not an industrial history, he explains the technicalities and developments upon upon which the utilisation of gas depended. This book celebrates an aesthetic and efficient source of energy, and an urbane and inventive period in Australia's history. A 'lambent flame' is a soft and flickering flame, rather than strong and powerful. The author is a Melbourne public servant with a long interest in aesthetics, history and architecture. He previously wrote a book on the cable trams of Melbourne.
Author: John D. Keating
Binding: Hardback
Published: Melbourne University Press, 1974
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: General wear and marks on external dust cover; pages in very good condition
Hardback oblong quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white and single-colour text-photos; drawings, corner tips few pages lightly creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. John D. Keating relates the story of gaslight lamps in Australia, first introduced in 1841, but much improved as street lighting from the 1870s. Although not an industrial history, he explains the technicalities and developments upon upon which the utilisation of gas depended. This book celebrates an aesthetic and efficient source of energy, and an urbane and inventive period in Australia's history. A 'lambent flame' is a soft and flickering flame, rather than strong and powerful. The author is a Melbourne public servant with a long interest in aesthetics, history and architecture. He previously wrote a book on the cable trams of Melbourne.