Re: [RML] History

Andrew Boyd (andrew at pcug.org.au)
Sat, 21 Feb 1998 16:59:39 +1100

At 07:39 21/02/98 +1000, Adrian wrote:
>"...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!

I owned a copy of that until quite recently, donated it to the CDAS library
(hint, hint - I don't think anyone has borrowed it because they think it is
too old) - I bought it at the Old Mill bookshop in Queanbeyan for the
piddling sum of $10 a few years back.

Very good book, would have been state of the art information back in 1910
no doubt - some truths, like water changes, planting to compliment fish
where possible, and the abovementioned "Don't cut down all the trees you
d*ckheads" are eternal :)

Regards, Andrew

Regards, Andrew
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