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University of Texas. ELECTRICITY AT THE SAVOY BY EDWARD GARLAND FLETCHER Electric lighting was first used in an ... electricity . Although it is well known that electricity was first used in an English theatre at the Savoy in 1881 , there ...
University of Texas. ELECTRICITY AT THE SAVOY BY EDWARD GARLAND FLETCHER Electric lighting was first used in an ... electricity . Although it is well known that electricity was first used in an English theatre at the Savoy in 1881 , there ...
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... electricity to lighting houses , and consequently theatres . The " arc " light is simply a continuous electric spark , and is nearly the colour of lightning . The Incandescent Light is produced by heating a filament of carbon to a white ...
... electricity to lighting houses , and consequently theatres . The " arc " light is simply a continuous electric spark , and is nearly the colour of lightning . The Incandescent Light is produced by heating a filament of carbon to a white ...
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... electricity was bound to bring : The pleasure of sitting in a crowded Theatre without being affected by the heat of the gas must inevitably prove a boon to the playgoer of the future , and must tend to increase audiences , for the dense ...
... electricity was bound to bring : The pleasure of sitting in a crowded Theatre without being affected by the heat of the gas must inevitably prove a boon to the playgoer of the future , and must tend to increase audiences , for the dense ...
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CONTENTS | 5 |
SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN By Robert | 24 |
THE SOCIAL ARGUMENT AGAINST ENTHUSIASM 1650 | 39 |
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