James Mussell is a postdoctoral research assistant on the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (ncse) and lectures on English literature at various universities in London.

• Contents: Preface; Introduction: 'Movable types'. Part 1 Spaces: Astronomy and the representation of space; The spectacular spaces of science and detection in the Strand Magazine. Part 2 Times: Representing the present; Discovery and the circulation of names; Periodicity and the rhythms of 19th-century science; Conclusions: 19th-century electricity in the electronic age; Bibliography; Index.

James Mussell is a postdoctoral research assistant on the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (ncse) and lectures on English literature at various universities in London.

• Contents: Preface; Introduction: 'Movable types'. Part 1 Spaces: Astronomy and the representation of space; The spectacular spaces of science and detection in the Strand Magazine. Part 2 Times: Representing the present; Discovery and the circulation of names; Periodicity and the rhythms of 19th-century science; Conclusions: 19th-century electricity in the electronic age; Bibliography; Index.

James Mussell is a postdoctoral research assistant on the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (ncse) and lectures on English literature at various universities in London.

• Contents: Preface; Introduction: 'Movable types'. Part 1 Spaces: Astronomy and the representation of space; The spectacular spaces of science and detection in the Strand Magazine. Part 2 Times: Representing the present; Discovery and the circulation of names; Periodicity and the rhythms of 19th-century science; Conclusions: 19th-century electricity in the electronic age; Bibliography; Index.