Identifier: americanangler251895harr (find matches)
Title: The American angler
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Harris, William Charles, 1830-1905, ed
Subjects: Fishing
Publisher: New York : (The Angler's Publishing Company)
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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abora-tories, schools, kindergartens, etc. Theexterior of such a tank can easily beornamented with wooden moulding tosuit ones fancy. One of our illustra-tions shows one, of a large pattern inthis case, that is decorated wiih flutedpillars and otherwise trimmed to forma design somewhat Greek in appear-ance. The wood is stained a dull black,to represent antique iron, and thesmaller borders are kept in a shiny,creamy white, to represent old ivory.The effect of the whole is very pleasing. window with hooks. Over the tops ofboth is a wire-cloth screen, to preventbooks or lunch remnants from comingin contact with the water. The 21 inch size is a good shape fora breeding tank. When one wishes toraise some young Paradise or gold fish,or for breeding sticklel^acks, its lengthpermits dividing it in two or moreapartments by simply placing one ormore panes of glass between the sides. The window sill aquarium, repre-sented in another illustration, it will beobserved, -is rather long compared with
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Twin Aquaria. The Stand on which it rests forms anantique oaken cabinet. Two of the above mentioned smallersized tanks might be used on one win-dow-sill; they would then form a twinaquaria. (See illustration.) The ad-vantages of such a screened twin aqua-ria are very important, especially inkindergartens. Each tank can be stockedwith different objects; each one can bechanged and rearranged without molest-ing the other; both are protected byan ornamented front, which hangs onhinges below, and is fastened to the its width and height; it is designedfor an ordinary window sill. The di-mensions, 30 inches in length, 12 inchesin height, and 10 inches in width, ex-perience has taught us to be the correctones for the welfare of the collectionand convenience of study, as well asfor ornament. In the tank represented, each end isformed of one solid plate of cast iron ;against these the upper and lower barsthat form the front and rear of the tankare fastened. These ends are linedwith ordinary gla

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