The Public Aquarium: Its Construction, Equipment, and Management [Paperback]

Charles Haskins Townsend (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 13, 2004 | ISBN-10: 1410211479 | ISBN-13: 978-1410211477

Originally published by the Bureau of Fisheries of the U. S. Department of Commerce in 1922, this may be the only book ever published on the operation of commercial aquariums. At the time of original publication the author, Charles Haskins Townsend was Director of the New York Aquarium. The writer has had long experience in the management of the aquarium in New York City and has assisted in planning certain aquariums already built as well as others projected. He was connected with the National Commission of Fisheries during the period when that organization maintained temporary aquariums at the great industrial exhibitions held in this country and observed some of them in operation. Millions of people saw those aquariums of the past, while other millions enjoy the few that exist here at present. Having supplied information recently to a score of cities that contemplate constructing aquariums, the writer has felt it incumbent upon him to set forth the essentials of the matter for the guidance of an increasing number of inquirers. The present discussion is based largely on the methods of the large aquarium in New York City, which has been in operation for 30 years and is now undergoing extensive modernization.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific (February 13, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1410211479
• ISBN-13: 978-1410211477
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,434,569 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Reprint of a book of earlies 1900's, October 17, 2007

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This book is more of historycal value than for practical purposes. I was trying to find information on how to build a public aquarium with the current technologies, therefore this book totally failed to my expectations.