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      Spectacles and the Victorians: Measuring, Defining and Shaping Visual Capacity

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      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. ...

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      Product ID:9781526161352
      Product Form:Hardback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Social Histories of Medicine
      Title:Spectacles and the Victorians
      Subtitle:Measuring, Defining and Shaping Visual Capacity
      Authors:Author: Gemma Almond-Brown
      Page Count:296
      Subjects:European history, British & Irish history, History, Social and cultural history, History of medicine, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Social & cultural history, History of medicine
      Description: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. -- .
      Imprint Name:Manchester University Press
      Publisher Name:Manchester University Press
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2023-09-05

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      Weight500 g
      Dimensions147 × 223 × 24 mm