Author: London. Royal Aquarium
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Official Handbook to the Royal Aquarium, Westminster
Author: London. Royal Aquarium
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Goldfish in the Parlour
Author: John Simons
Publisher: Sydney University Press
ISBN: 1743328745
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
“For the first time, fish became our companions and a corner of many a Victorian parlour was given over to housing tiny fragments of their world enclosed in glass.” The experience of seeing a fish swimming in a glass tank is one we take for granted now but in Victorian England this was a remarkable sight. People had simply not been able to see fish as they now could with the invention of the aquarium and everything that went with it. Goldfish in the Parlour looks at the boom in the building of public aquariums, as well as the craze for home aquariums and visiting the seaside, during the reign of Queen Victoria. Furthermore, this book considers how people see and meet animals and, importantly, in what institutions and in what contexts these encounters happen. John Simons uncovers the sweeping consequences of the Victorian obsession with marine animals by looking at naturalist Frank Buckland’s Museum of Economic Fish Culture and the role of fish in the Victorian economy, the development of angling as a sport divided along class lines, the seeding of Empire with British fish and comparisons with aquarium building in Europe, USA and Australia. Goldfish in the Parlour interrogates the craze that took over Victorian England when aquariums “introduced” fish to parks, zoos and parlours.
Publisher: Sydney University Press
ISBN: 1743328745
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
“For the first time, fish became our companions and a corner of many a Victorian parlour was given over to housing tiny fragments of their world enclosed in glass.” The experience of seeing a fish swimming in a glass tank is one we take for granted now but in Victorian England this was a remarkable sight. People had simply not been able to see fish as they now could with the invention of the aquarium and everything that went with it. Goldfish in the Parlour looks at the boom in the building of public aquariums, as well as the craze for home aquariums and visiting the seaside, during the reign of Queen Victoria. Furthermore, this book considers how people see and meet animals and, importantly, in what institutions and in what contexts these encounters happen. John Simons uncovers the sweeping consequences of the Victorian obsession with marine animals by looking at naturalist Frank Buckland’s Museum of Economic Fish Culture and the role of fish in the Victorian economy, the development of angling as a sport divided along class lines, the seeding of Empire with British fish and comparisons with aquarium building in Europe, USA and Australia. Goldfish in the Parlour interrogates the craze that took over Victorian England when aquariums “introduced” fish to parks, zoos and parlours.
The Official Guide to the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, and the Newhaven Route to Rouen, Paris, and the Continent
Author: London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Bookseller
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1714
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1714
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
The Road Coach Guide
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Category : Coaching (Transportation)
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Category : Coaching (Transportation)
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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The Bookseller
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1326
Book Description
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1326
Book Description
Publisher and Bookseller
Author:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
London and Its Environs ...
Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
The Curious Book of Mind-boggling Teasers, Tricks, Puzzles & Games
Author: Charles Barry Townsend
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402702143
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Mathematical dupes, sleights of hand, shady shuffles, and impossible predictions: these are just a few of the 80 ways to use a pack of cards to dazzle and baffle everyone.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402702143
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Mathematical dupes, sleights of hand, shady shuffles, and impossible predictions: these are just a few of the 80 ways to use a pack of cards to dazzle and baffle everyone.
Blue Book and Rules
Author: Thames Angling Preservation Society, London
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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