Блеск «Парижской оперы»

Abstract

The article coversa 40-year period of the making and develop ment of electrical engineering and describes the events connected with electrification of the world’s famous theatre: the first in the history experience of introducing commercial electrical lighting (1849); the first in the history lighting of streets (Avenue de l’Opera) with Yablochkov lamps (1878); the famou s experiments in the opera countries, which gave a strong impetus to development of lighting (1881); the first in the history sound translations, which became the predecessors of radio and TV translations (1881) ; and construction of a large power station arranged in the theatre cellars (1884–1887). Manywell-kno wn specialists in electrical engineering directly participated in fitting this theatre with electricity: Fou cault, Dubosc, Yablochkov, Edison, Swan, Maxim, Batchelor, Tesla, Piku, and others. The events described in the article werereflected in numerous publications of well-known authors, including those publi shed in the Elektrichestvo journal. The article tells the readers about zealous supporters of electrical lightin g, who, although not being electrical enginers, facilitated its promotion and development. In particular, the article tells the readers about Jean-Louis-Charles Garniert, afamousarchitectwho desig ned the Paris Opera, and whose contribution in electrification of the theatre and popularization of elect ricity was widely known at that time. The article may be interesting not only to electrical engineers, butals o to historians, fine art experts, and culture experts. The article issupplemented with al ist of referenc es and nameindex, and alsoalist of personalia, which shows a deep extent to which the topic has been elaborat ed and may be used as a help if any questions arise in readers to this material.