Light and lighting . Pig. i:. Showing how the old oil-lanterns were suspended on ropes and lowered at theside for cleaning, &c.—Allentagnc, p. 457. THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEER (march) 131 applied to the lighting as well as thegeneral upkeep of such roads. Open spaces and squares of architec-tural and historic interest also deservespecial artistic treatment. Continental. FlG. 13.—Early caricature showing a ladyshead-dress impeded by overhead lantern(executed in London by order of KingLouis XVI.).—Allemagne, p. 469. visitors not infrequently regard thelighting of Trafalgar Square as tooheterogeneo
Light and lighting . Pig. i:. Showing how the old oil-lanterns were suspended on ropes and lowered at theside for cleaning, &c.—Allentagnc, p. 457. THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEER (march) 131 applied to the lighting as well as thegeneral upkeep of such roads. Open spaces and squares of architec-tural and historic interest also deservespecial artistic treatment. Continental. FlG. 13.—Early caricature showing a ladyshead-dress impeded by overhead lantern(executed in London by order of KingLouis XVI.).—Allemagne, p. 469. visitors not infrequently regard thelighting of Trafalgar Square as tooheterogeneous, quite a number of entirelydifferent types of lamps and standardsbeing represented. This compares unfav-ourably with the uniform scheme in theMall. The method used in some Con-tinental squares of mounting groups ofpowerful lamps on very high columnswhich are works of art by day as well asby night is preferred. It has recently been pointed out thatthe lighting of the space adjacent to theHouses of Parliament and WestminsterAbbey is not sufficiently bright incomparison with the brilliant illumin-ation in Whitehall leading up to it ;yet if the candle-power of the lowlevel lamps in this neighbourhood were much increased, the use of some form ofdiffusing glass in the lanterns would seemdesirable in order to avoid glare. Another point of interest is theartifi
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