The Aquarium: Its Inhabitants, Structure & ManagementHardwicke, 1876 - 316 pages |
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... alive have undoubtedly been in vogue for many centuries , aquaria , in the sense in which we under- stand the word , are peculiarly modern . The ancient Romans paid as great attention to their fish - ponds as wealthy gentlemen , of ...
... alive have undoubtedly been in vogue for many centuries , aquaria , in the sense in which we under- stand the word , are peculiarly modern . The ancient Romans paid as great attention to their fish - ponds as wealthy gentlemen , of ...
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... alive whilst he was observing on or experi- menting with them , did so by constantly changing the sea water in which they were kept . One of the most wonderful things in a modern aquarium , to a person ignorant of natural history , is ...
... alive whilst he was observing on or experi- menting with them , did so by constantly changing the sea water in which they were kept . One of the most wonderful things in a modern aquarium , to a person ignorant of natural history , is ...
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... alive and healthy , in simply aerating the water , or in having properly adjusted aquatic plants , public aquaria were commenced in many of the large towns in Europe . Although these were not of the pretentious character with which we ...
... alive and healthy , in simply aerating the water , or in having properly adjusted aquatic plants , public aquaria were commenced in many of the large towns in Europe . Although these were not of the pretentious character with which we ...
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... alive in this splendid aquarium is very great , the sea anemones alone amounting to several thousand . Every one of the latter has to be fed separately by means of wooden forceps . The Brighton Aquarium is the largest yet con- structed ...
... alive in this splendid aquarium is very great , the sea anemones alone amounting to several thousand . Every one of the latter has to be fed separately by means of wooden forceps . The Brighton Aquarium is the largest yet con- structed ...
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... alive at any of the London naturalists . Still , we doubt whether either of these exhibit so much intelli- gence as our own newts , or if they exceed them in beauty . The great water newt ( Triton cristatus ) , Fig . 9 , Fig . 9 . Great ...
... alive at any of the London naturalists . Still , we doubt whether either of these exhibit so much intelli- gence as our own newts , or if they exceed them in beauty . The great water newt ( Triton cristatus ) , Fig . 9 , Fig . 9 . Great ...
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abundant active aeration alive animals appearance aquarium aquatic artificial attractive beautiful body bottom Brighton British called carried circulation coasts colour common constructed covered crabs creatures crustacea Crystal Palace difficulty easily eggs experience fact feeding feet female fish flowers fresh fresh-water gallons give given glass green growing habits half head healthy hold Hour important interesting introduced keep kind known larger latter leaves length less light living Lloyd lobster look lovely male marine means move natural naturalist nearly never newts objects observation obtained organs oxygen pass perhaps Piece placed plants plate ponds possess possible present pretty public aquaria regarded reservoirs rockwork sea water sea-weeds seen shape shells side soon species stage stickleback sufficient surface taken tanks tube usually vegetable whilst worms young
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Page 302 - Contents — Geological Specimens, by the Editor ; Bones, by EF ELWIN; Birds' Eggs, by T. SOUTHWELL, FZS ; Butterflies, by Dr. KNAGGS ; Beetles, by EC RYE, FZS ; Hymenoptera, by JB BRIDGMAN ; Fresh-water Shells, by Prof.
Page 301 - THE STORIES OF A Piece of Granite. A Piece of Quartz. A Piece of Slate. A Piece of Limestone. A Piece of Sandstone. A Piece of Coal. A Piece of Rock-Salt. A Piece of Jet. A Piece of Chalk. A Piece of Purbeck Marble. A Lump of Clay. A Piece of Lignite. The Crags. A Boulder. A Gravel Pit.
Page 6 - Thence to see my Lady Pen, where my wife and I were shown a fine rarity: of fishes kept in a glass of water, that will live so for ever; and finely marked they are, being foreign.
Page 301 - GEOLOGICAL STORIES: A Series of Autobiographies in Chronological Order. By JE TAYLOR, FLS, FGS Numerous Illustrations. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 4^.
Page 300 - Beetles and other Insects in the Green Lanes. Shells and Slugs in the Green Lanes. Flowering Plants in the Green Lanes. Grasses in the Green Lanes. Ferns in the Green Lanes. Mosses in the Green Lanes. Fungi in the Green Lanes. Lichens in the Green Lanes. GRASSHOPPER (Gryllus viridissima). Fourth Edition, -with 3OO Illustrations. " Thoroughly English those green lanes are, and make the half-hours spent there something to be remembered till summer doth come again.
Page 12 - ... a very small portion of a tree or shrub generates a considerable quantity of oxygen, there were no reasons to doubt that the influence of the vegetable might serve as a complete compensation for that of the animal kingdom.* The history of the various successful attempts that have been made to construct Marine Aquaria is very interesting.
Page 9 - Fire and hail, snow and vapour, and stormy wind, fulfil his word," and are the necessary agents in completing the scheme of paternal kindness.
Page 172 - In the latter instance these movements are very quiet and uniform, the fish swimming"round their tank in one shoal and one continuous stream. At night, on the contrary, the shoal is entirely broken up, each fish taking an independent path and darting from one side of the tank to the other with an amount of agility scarcely to be anticipated by a mere daylight acquaintance with the species. It was during these active nocturnal movements that the fish struck against the rockwork of their tank and came...
Page 171 - ... to readily take their prepared food from the keeper's hand — a circumstance which would seem to indicate that young fish, like the young of other animals, are more readily susceptible of domestication, adult herrings not being known to display an equal amount of confidence towards those who tend them. The food question being settled, another difficulty presented itself, and this time one that threatened, sooner or later, to accomplish the extermination of the whole shoal. Immediately succeeding...
Page vi - Scotica is now presented to the Public, in the hope that it may be received with as much favour as its predecessor.