[RML] History
Adrian R. Tappin (atappin at ecn.net.au)
Sat, 21 Feb 1998 07:39:32 +1000
"...Daubeny saw dimly less than half a century ago what every teacher in
physical geography now imparts his class - that the oxygen generated in the
virgin forests of the Amazons valley may be brought by the wind to bring
health to the fetid streets and alleys of crowded European cities, and that
in return the carbonic acid breathed forth from our over-populated towns may
be carried on the "wings of the wind," to be eventually absorbed by the
incalculable stomata which crowd the under surfaces of the leaves in the
same forrest-clad region!..."
J.E.Taylor (1910) The Aquarium its Inhabitants, Structure & Management.
I guess we just didn't listen or learn anything from our forefathers :-(
Bruce, this book is another Golden Gem!
Adrian.
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Adrian R. Tappin
"Home of the Rainbowfish"
http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
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