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

By Gemma Almond-Brown

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526194856
• ISBN13: 9781526194855
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"