The Ocean At Home
Subtitle: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: July 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781568985022
Subjects: Fishes & aquaria; Social history; History; Pets; Architecture; Fish & Aquariums; Aquarium; Nature / General; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Aquariums
First sentence: It is almost impossible for today's aquarium visitors to fully comprehend these words by the German doctor and natural scientist Gustav Jager, who in 1860 built one of mainland Europe's first public saltwater aquariums in Vienna.