Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 735
ncrease in dimensions from 11 ft. by 10 ft.upwards, the largest measuring over 100 ft. in length by 40 ft. in width, andholding 110,000 gallons of sea-water. This colossal tank is the largest inthe building, and is devoted to the exhibition of porpoises, turtles, andother animals of large size. The… … Fig. 324.—Sea-Horses {Hippocampus brevirosiris). cascade, and also to the eastern corridor. Some artificial rockwork, skirt-ing the north side of the conservatoiy, is traversed by a stream of water,broken up at intervals so as to form numerous little bays and ponds, andutilized for the reception of…
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