History of Aquarium Chemistry


synthsea

History of Synthetic Seawater

Al Klee's superb essay on the history and development of synthetic seawater including his own work on "Marine Mix".

Illustrated and includes synthetic seawater formulas and tables of comparisons between them.


Another account of early marine keeping can be found in
Ocean gardens : the history of the marine aquarium, and the best methods now adopted for its establishment and preservation By Henry Noel Humphreys, 1810-1879.