The public lantern’s interplay of light and darkness: between security-based expansions, savings-based extinguishings, and the limitations of technical innovation (Paris, Barcelona, 18th C.)
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2019
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Lumière Ville (éclairage) Innovation TerritoireSimilar subjects
Lanterns (Poetry) Conation Volition Cetanā Cities and towns--Lighting Streetlights Street lamps Public order Ordre public Police forces Policemen Gendarmes Cops Law enforcement officers Officers, Law enforcement Officers, Police Police officers Policing Police--Legal status, laws, etc Police service Public lighting Metropolitan lighting Cities and towns--Lighting City lighting Article 18th century fabric (material) étoffeCite this document
Benjamin Bothereau, « The public lantern’s interplay of light and darkness: between security-based expansions, savings-based extinguishings, and the limitations of technical innovation (Paris, Barcelona, 18th C.) », Journal of Energy History, ID : 10670/1.962d37...
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Abstract
The gap between the early modern policing ideal of a homogeneous—“geometric”—perception of the urban fabric thanks to street lighting, and the persistent reality of dark areas, was particularly clear during periods of turmoil in the public order. In both Paris and Barcelona, the revolutionary episodes of the eighteenth century severely tested the new streetlamps, known as reflector lanterns (“lanternes à réverbères”). This article will explore, by adhering as closely as possible to the object, the limitations of technical innovation in public lighting.
